Windows 11 - Touchpad menu missing

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by colonel_claypoo, Mar 31, 2025.

  1. colonel_claypoo

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    Hi. On my M2 I can see Touchpad under Bluetooth & Devices.
    On my M4 I cannot. Both devices run the latest Parallels and Win 11.
    I canot find a difference in settings. Has this changed from M2 to M4?
     
  2. SamS4

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    I don't recall seeing a Touchpad setting for the past several years. Can you send along a screenshot of Configuration window you are looking at the the M2 Mac?
     
  3. Adeboye Adeotan

    Adeboye Adeotan Staff Member

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    Hi,

    Could you please send us screenshots of both layouts/settings/bluetooth options? on the M2 and M4?
     
  4. colonel_claypoo

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    Sure.

    M2:
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    M4:
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    Touchpad menu is missing on M4 Win11
     
  5. colonel_claypoo

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    Could it be because there's no gesture support for three and four fingers in Parallels?
     
  6. SamS4

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    For what it is worth, I don't see that setting under Windows 11 either. However, I use the Apple System Settings to optimize the trackpad. For example --
    • Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control -- This allows you to speed up double-click, adjust spring loading, etc.
    • Settings > Trackpad -- Lot's of adjustments for multi-finger actions.
    Not sure if this helps you or not. Good luck!
     
  7. colonel_claypoo

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    Thanks but would able to verify that those gestures are actually interpreted by windows? I couldn't determine any setting on the mac side that would Windows use to execute three and four finger gestures. Also on my M2 where the Trackpad menu exists, Windows does not work with three and four finger gestures. I guess that's a general limitation.
     

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