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How to configure Two-Finger Scrolling on Lenovo notebook to behave the same way like Apple MacBook

Published 1. November 2013 by georgik

Last updated on 21. November 2016

2016-11-21 Update for Windows 10

Mac users are familiar with Two-Finger Scrolling feature. You can place two fingers on the mouse track pad and you’re able to scroll content on the screen. Since Mac OS X 10.6 Apple changed direction of scrolling to match gestures used on tablets or phones. It’s interesting that for more than decade scrolling was done in opposite direction. When you swiped down then the content was scrolling up. Many users were confused after switch, but it quickly became natural.

Lenovo notebook has also support for multitouch gestures and scrolling by two fingers. The only problem is that default installation, behave the same way like old Mac OS. It’s reversed. When you need to switch between Mac and Lenovo then it’s quite confusing. Fortunately it’s possible to configure it just by few clicks.

Windows 10

Search for Mouse & touchpad settings (press Window and type for word mouse):

windows-10-mouse

Open Mouse & touchpad settings and in section Related Settings click Additional mouse options (bottom of screen).

windows-10-additional-settings

Open UltraNav tab and click TouchPad Settings…

windows-10-ultranav

Click Scrolling in Select an item. Click Two-Finger Scrolling in the menu. Check: Enable reverse scrolling direction

windows-10-two-fingers-scrolling




Windows 7 and older UltraNav

Search for Mouse configuration (press Window and type word mouse):

lenovo-mouse-config

Open UltraNav tab and click TouchPad Settings…

lenovo-ultranav

Click Scrolling in Select an item. Check: Enable reverse scrolling direction

lenovo-reverse-scrolling

Click OK and Two-Finger Scrolling should behave the same way like Mac OS. :-)

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11 Comments

  1. Feven 13. October 2014

    Thanks for the help. I tried this, but it didn’t work on my computer. I have a lenovo t430 and the two-finger scrolling was working just the other day, and I tried it today, but it wasn’t working. Any suggestions? Thanks.

  2. georgik 13. October 2014

    @Feven: I have only one idea – Check ThinkVantage for driver updates.

  3. LobsterMan 25. November 2014

    Thanks! I have a MacBookPro and my new work Lenovo was driving me NUTS!
    All better now.

  4. Pete 15. October 2015

    I had some trouble with this too. I’d check the two-finger scroll box but it kept unchecking itself.
    I figured out I needed to unckeck the one-figer scroll option first and then the two-finger option would take.

  5. Diana Tashkova 20. November 2016

    Hi! I cannot find the option UltraNav. Is it just for the new models, or I need to install some extra drivers.
    Thanks in Advance.

  6. Juraj Michálek 20. November 2016

    Hi Diana. Could you please specify the name of your model? Maybe we can find something at Lenovo’s forum.

  7. Juraj Michálek 21. November 2016

    Hi Diana! I made small research. It’s little bit hidden in Windows 10. I’ve updated the article. Please, check the latest version of my article whether it works for you.

  8. Diana Tashkova 24. November 2016

    Thanks a lot for the attention. I am using windows 7, but I found the needed software.

  10. Imran Khan 25. January 2017

    Hi, where is your article?

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