Surface touchpad use and settings
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Surface Devices Windows 10 Windows 8.1 Windows 11 SurfaceYour Surface Pro Keyboard or Surface Laptop has a touchpad with two buttons that you can use like a mouse. Use gestures on the touchpad to do things like scroll up and down, zoom in, and select items. You can also adjust settings to prevent the touchpad from responding to accidental touches and more.
Use the touchpad
If your Surface has a touchpad, it has right-click and left-click buttons that work like the buttons on a mouse.
Note: To keep accidental touches from making the cursor jump while you’re typing, you can set the delay before taps work, turn taps off, or turn the touchpad off. To learn how, see Change the touchpad settings.
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Press down on the left side of your touchpad |
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Press down on the right side of your touchpad |
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Tap one finger anywhere on the touchpad |
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Tap two fingers anywhere on the touchpad |
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Drag your finger on the touchpad |
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Swipe three fingers up on the touchpad |
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Press and hold the left touchpad button down and then slide a finger in any direction |
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Tap, immediately tap and hold, then drag |
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Slide two fingers horizontally or vertically |
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Pinch your thumb and forefinger together or move them apart |
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Change the touchpad settings
You can change touchpad settings to turn the touchpad on and off, adjust cursor speed, reverse scrolling direction, change three-finger and four-finger gestures, and more.
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Attach your Surface to its keyboard or Type Cover.
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Do one of the following
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On Windows 11, go to Start > Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Touchpad.
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On Windows 10, go to Start > Settings > Devices > Touchpad.
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Adjust your settings under Touchpad.