Solved! Laptop single tap not working

[Ashish27643]

My laptop touchpad works very well including multifinger gestures but it doesnt work for single tap. if i repeatedly tap, then it works sometime otherwise single attempt dooesnt work. i reinstalled driver also. my laptop is acer e5 575.

 

[hang-the-9]

Check to make sure the sensitivity is not too high, and that it's clean. Test it in Safe Mode and boot off a Linux Live USB boot disk see if it works OK under Linux.

 

[Roshelrao]

Hey
You may try this solution

Enabling the Tap to Hit option for Synaptics touchpads:

1. Firstly Start by clicking and then Control Panel.
2. Choose Classic View from the left side of the window.
3. Double-click the Mouse icon and, then, choose the Device settings tab.
4. Tick the Settings button and, then, Tapping.
5. Choose the Enable tapping checkbox and Hit OK.

Hope solution helps you out.

 

[hang-the-9]

Hey
You may try this solution

Enabling the Tap to Hit option for Synaptics touchpads:

1. Firstly Start by clicking and then Control Panel.
2. Choose Classic View from the left side of the window.
3. Double-click the Mouse icon and, then, choose the Device settings tab.
4. Tick the Settings button and, then, Tapping.
5. Choose the Enable tapping checkbox and Hit OK.

Hope solution helps you out.

The issue is not that it does not work, it's that it does not work all the time. Need to read the full post.