Thursday, February 5, 2015

Alps Apoint middle click

Just bought Toshiba Satellite Z30-A 1D2,
What a wonderful notebook, Just NO Middle Click available in the touchpad,
And especially the Two-finger tap to get the middle click.
What a shame, I could get crazy about that,
but finally I found out the solution.
This is tested under the following system:

Toshiba Satellite Z30-A 1D2
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Bios ver 3.40
Alps Apoint driver : 8.100.303.446

The solution:

  1. Get into regedit ( start-> type regedit-> enter)
  2. Get to registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alps\Apoint\TouchPad
  3. Change 2TapFunc value (from 0x0d) to 0x0e (meaning double click on the value name "2TapFunc", type "e" and click "OK")
  4. Change Enable2Tap value to 0x01
  5. Get to registry key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Alps\Apoint\TouchPad
  6. Do steps 3 and 4 again
  7. Restart computer

On a personal note:
I an very disappointed with Alps driver,
The GUI configuration utility is very limiting, and all I could get with it is to enable 2 finger tap, but not configure it to be used as middle click.

If someone tests this, please comment here with notes, systems tested and results...
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12 comments:

  1. AshfaqueMay 5, 2015 at 5:55 PM

    Tried this. Didn't work out. I had managed to get it working once with three finger tap though, but updating the driver erased the settings. I'd prefer it to work with 3 finger tap/press rather than two. Could you think of anything else I can do?

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    1. UnknownAugust 27, 2015 at 10:02 AM

      Let me know if you ever figured out how to do this. I am trying to do the same thing.

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    2. Yoav R.August 27, 2015 at 12:29 PM

      Both of of you: please add computer details(Model,Windows version,Bios version,Alps Apoint driver version)

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  2. UnknownNovember 4, 2015 at 12:51 PM

    don't work for me
    Lenovo Flex 2-15, Win 10, ALPS driver ver. 8.201.1611.252
    any ideas?

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    1. Yoav R.November 4, 2015 at 12:53 PM

      can you share your HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Alps\Apoint\TouchPad key content?

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  3. UnknownDecember 16, 2015 at 5:36 AM

    It worked for me! Thank you!

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  4. UnknownDecember 16, 2015 at 5:37 AM

    It worked for me! Thank you!

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  5. Louis YangApril 30, 2016 at 9:23 PM

    Is it possible to have middle click associate with 2 finger click rather than 2 finger tap?
    Because I am using 2 finger tap as right click.

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  6. Louis YangApril 30, 2016 at 9:26 PM

    Is it possible to have middle click associate with 2 finger click rather than 2 finger tap?
    Because I am using 2 finger tap as right click.

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  7. UnknownApril 7, 2017 at 1:56 PM

    Worked for me , thanks. HP EliteBook Revolve, Alps Touchpad, Windows 10

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  8. UnknownOctober 9, 2018 at 3:22 PM

    Worked for me on Dell, Alps driver 10.2207.101.108

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  9. pokeMay 23, 2020 at 8:48 PM

    Thank you for the information.
    So I did some more research.
    I will Share find in my environment.

    2ClickFunc (Two fingers click)
    7 Desktop(Win+D)
    8 Black Out??
    9 Lock(Win+L)
    b Google? Chrome?
    c Explorer(Win+E)
    e Right Click


    2TapFunc(Two fingers tap)
    6 Photo Viewer
    7 Desktop(Win+D)
    8 Black Out??
    a Mail
    c Explorer(Win+E)
    d Right Click
    e Middle Click
    14 Search(Win+S)
    16 Action Center(Win+A)


    3TapFunc (Three fingers tap)
    6 Photo Viewer
    7 Desktop(Win+D)
    b Google? Chrome?
    d Right Click
    12 Setting(Win+I)
    14 Search(Win+S)

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