Every modern laptop has a smooth square beneath the keyboard designed to help you navigate without a mouse. On a MacBook, it's called a trackpad; on a Windows PC, it's called a touchpad. But ...

Your Windows laptop touchpad can perform a number of different commands to help you navigate apps more easily. You can use three- or four-finger commands to see your desktop, switch between apps, open ...

Your laptop’s touchpad isn’t just for pointing, clicking, and zooming in and out. That rectangular surface also supports gestures that let you switch between apps, control media playback, manage files ...

Get tips to revive a dead touchpad or settle down one that's acting skittish on a Windows 10 laptop. Matt Elliott Senior Editor Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and ...

If you are a Windows Tablet user you can the Virtual Touchpad. This feature is available in Windows 11/10. By selecting the Show Touchpad button option, Windows 11/10 tablet users can display a ...

If your laptop's touchpad is set to be too sensitive, or not sensitive enough, it can make your Windows 7 computer difficult to use. Your touchpad's manufacturer gives you a wide range of sensitivity ...

Microsoft changed Windows for the better when it introduced trackpad gestures in Windows 8. The new gestures made controlling your PC a far more fluid experience, helping you get things done more ...

If Synaptics or any other TouchPad is not working after Sleep, BIOS Update, Connecting Mouse or Windows or Drive Update., and the gestures are not working on your Windows 11/10 laptop, then you can ...

A laptop touchpad acting up is the most annoying thing, especially when you are in the middle of something important. Maybe it scrolls on its own, registers unwanted clicks, moves too slowly, or stops ...

The touchpad is an essential component of your Windows laptop, and it can be difficult to get much done if it suddenly stops working — especially if you're not familiar with common Windows keyboard ...