Lenovo Z50/Windows 8.1 touchpad left button problem

hboswell

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Aug 21, 2015
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I've had my Z50 for a few months now, but this started happening a few weeks ago. It seems to start when I'm using a browser - Firefox or IE. It goes into this mode where if I hit the Home key, it opens a new tab. If I try to type in the search box, it opens the History sidebar. If I click on a link, it opens in a new tab. Just closing Firefox won't make it stop, I have to shut down the computer and restart. When this happens - and it's both Firefox and IE when it happens - you can't type in the browser window, the home button opens a new tab, if you go to the Win 8.1 Start screen and click on a tile with the left touchpad button, it doesn't open the tile, it places a checkmark on the tile. Can't find any key to cancel it. Does anybody have an idea of what's going on?

Thanks,
Harry
 
Solution
Your gestures setting might be overactive, you can disable gestures by going to the control panel->devices & printer->mouse settings