Bootcamp: Right click drag with trackpad

The only usb device is bluetooth, not sure if that is normal. Also, under force touch trackpads, the only hid device that is compatible is the apple spi device. On my older MacBook Pro, the compatible options included multitouch, multi-touch, and usb input device. Selecting the multitouch option fixed all my problems. I guess I cannot do anything until apple updates its spi drivers for newer Macs.

some other info:

Device SPI\VID_05ac&PID_0273&MI_02\5&33d07321&0&02 was configured.

Driver Name: oem3.inf

Class Guid: {745A17A0-74D3-11D0-B6FE-00A0C90F57DA}

Driver Date: 03/30/2015

Driver Version: 5.1.5800.0

Driver Provider: Apple Inc.

Driver Section: AppleSPITrackpad_Device.NT

Driver Rank: 0xFF0000

Matching Device Id: SPI\VID_05ac&PID_0273&MI_02

Outranked Drivers:

Device Updated: false

Parent Device: ACPI\APP000D\2

See Set trackpad options in Windows with Boot Camp on Mac - Apple Support .

In the One Finger section, select any of the following:

Tap to Click: Lets you tap the trackpad to click.

Dragging: Lets you move an item by tapping it, then immediately placing your finger on the trackpad and moving your finger.

Drag Lock: Lets you tap the trackpad to release an item after dragging it.

Secondary Click: Lets you perform a secondary click by placing one finger in a corner of the trackpad and clicking. Choose the corner you want from the pop-up menu.

I am familiar with these options in the control panel, but is there a way to click drag without having to use only the bottom portion of the trackpad? For example, on the mac side i can click with one finger anywhere on the trackpad then drag, but on the windows side, apple has made it so that I can only click the very bottom of the trackpad, then drag, which is very constricting when trying to move things quickly. No other windows trackpad does this.

When looking at the device manager, in past macbooks without force touch, there was a trick of changing the trackpad driver to be a usb input device (http://www.msitgeek.com/fixing-windows-8-trackpad-driver-in-bootcamp/). This actually works for my older macbook pro, but not my newer one with force touch. Not sure if there is a fix for this.

asapj wrote:

I am familiar with these options in the control panel, but is there a way to click drag without having to use only the bottom portion of the trackpad? For example, on the mac side i can click with one finger anywhere on the trackpad then drag, but on the windows side, apple has made it so that I can only click the very bottom of the trackpad, then drag, which is very constricting when trying to move things quickly. No other windows trackpad does this.

The reason for me to pick the right- and left- examples was to clarify to OP that it works either way. There is also a tracking speed adjustment which can help distinguish between double-click vs click-and-drag scenario. See Microsoft's Change mouse settings link for tracking speed. On a 2012 MBP, I can use my thumb to click on any object anywhere on the trackpad, and use my right forefinger to drag objects. The same also works for left-hand thumb-forefinger method.

PS: If I am 'lazy' with the forefinger, this does become a right-click.

asapj wrote:

When looking at the device manager, in past macbooks without force touch, there was a trick of changing the trackpad driver to be a usb input device (http://www.msitgeek.com/fixing-windows-8-trackpad-driver-in-bootcamp/). This actually works for my older macbook pro, but not my newer one with force touch. Not sure if there is a fix for this.

The link is related to missing Apple Multitouch driver. If you notice, under About This Mac -> System Report -> USB, you should see the Keyboard and Trackpad, so these devices are connected to a USB hub. The HID device is a generic device, which usually indicates a missing driver required to support Apple-specific devices/features.

I will check a 2016 tbMBP with W10 1709 for the same features. The disappointing part for me is the lack of feature parity on the Force Touch trackpad across the two OSes. It may get fixed in the future. 😉

Can you click on the SPI entry and check what you have in the list?

The Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a viable protocol, but why switch from USB(c)/TB to SPI? To avoid issues with interference between 'slow' and 'fast' devices? 😕 This is probably a steps towards eSPI.

I personally do not like Trackpad++ .

With these settings, I can drag with either left or right corner pressed, and moving the finger allows dragging any object, where the mouse cursor is.

Can you post the current settings in your BC Control Panel? The highlighted method works for either left or right.

Does the update give you the correct driver for the Trackpad, instead of the generic HID entry?