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June 29th, 2024 23:32

Bring Back Physical 3-Buttons Below Touchpad / Trackpad

Dell:

Ironically, despite naming the model the "Dell Precision Mobile Workstation 7780", there is no engineering thought to ensuring precise use.

Specifically, I am on the 3rd year of ownership of a "7760" model with a dedicated 3-button set-up below the touchpad / trackpad.

Since then, virtually all manufacturers have gone to the "Click-pad" set-up; whereby the bottom of the touchpad is depressed to replicate a separate and dedicated 3-button set-up.

The problem: for sensitive and "precise" mouse control and movement, pressing on the lower perimeter of the touchpad/trackpad causes the index-finger that controls the mouse cursor to move -- because the flat plane of the touchpad/trackpad panel is indented at the bottom when pressing on the bottom to activate a mouse 'click.'

Please bring back separate and dedicated 3-buttons for mouse 'clicks' that leave the index-finger free from movement as the 7760 last did.

The last -- and only -- notebook computer in the USA that has physical 'click' buttons below the touchpad/trackpad is the "HP ZBook Fury 16 - G10."

I have been exclusively using Dell notebooks since 1999 -- over 25 years!

I will leave Dell for HP if there no longer are any notebook models that have separate 2/3-buttons below the touchpad/trackpad.

The Dell XPS series have haptic touchpads/trackpads that merely require a 'tap' that does not alter the angle of the touchpad/trackpad as a 'click pad.'  However, there are no borders to the flush haptic touchpad leading to confusion and disorientation by the users as to where their haptic touchpad confines / limits / borders are?  

Bad substitute for 'old school' dedicated 2/3-button 'clicks' that have been tried-and-true technology since the inception of Windows 95.

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June 30th, 2024 01:04

You may also want to send your request through this feedback form portal  https://www.delldesignsystem.com/contact/feedback/

 

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June 30th, 2024 11:23

@Chino de Oro  Thanks. I did send a feedback. I also miss the good old arrow key layout. These small up and down keys are stupid. Dell Precision 7540, 7550 had a good keyboards. These had also separate page up and page down keys.

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February 19th, 2025 16:25

... yeah, I've used M4800, 7750 and now 7780--really missing the three mouse buttons on the 7780.

Any ideas for replacing the mousepad on the 7780 to get the three buttons?  I looked quickly at similar, older models, and it doesn't look like the pad and buttons from the older models will fit in the space of the 7780 mousepad.

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July 28th, 2025 13:56

I am having this issue as well on my Precision 7780. It makes it impossible to navigate any 3D program without a dedicated mouse (usually when I'm traveling or forgot a mouse doing a simple task). Looks like none of the new Pro Max lineup has the option for a 3-button feature on the track pads either. Has anyone come up with a solution for this? Does the 7760 3-button track pad fit the 7780 models?

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