Accessibility Change Touch Double-tap Speed in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to change the touch double-tap speed for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.

A touch screen, or touchscreen, is an input device that enables you to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or other such devices (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touch screens).

If your device (ex: laptop or tablet) has a touch screen, you can adjust how quickly you tap the screen when you double-tap.


Contents

  • Option One: Change Touch Double-tap Speed in Control Panel
  • Option Two: Change Touch Double-tap Speed in Registry Editor




Option One

Change Touch Double-tap Speed in Control Panel


1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Pen and Touch icon.

2 Perform the following actions: (see screenshot below)
  1. Click/tap on the Touch tab.
  2. Select Double-tab.
  3. Click/tap on Settings.
Double-tab_speed-1.png

3 Adjust the Speed slider left (slower) or right (faster) to the speed you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

You can double-tap on the door graphic under Test settings to test the current double-tap speed.


Double-tab_speed-2.png

4 Click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

Double-tab_speed-3.png

5 You can now close the Control Panel if you like.




Option Two

Change Touch Double-tap Speed in Registry Editor


1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe).

2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of Registry Editor. (see screenshot below)

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wisp\Touch

Double-tab_speed_regedit-1.png

3 In the right pane of the Touch key, double click/tap on the TouchModeN_DtapTime DWORD value to modify it. (see screenshot above)

4 Click/tap on Decimal, type a number between 0 (slower) to 100 (faster) for the double-tap speed you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

The default double-tap speed is 50.


Double-tab_speed_regedit-2.png

5 Close Registry Editor when finished.

6 Either sign out and sign in or restart the computer to apply.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


 
Last edited:
Brink,

Neither I nor the member @HansL can get either the Control panel method or the Registry method to have any effect at all in Windows 11.
Both continue to work correctly in my Windows 10 touchscreen computer.
Controls work in Win10 but not in Win11 - my post #5 - ElevenForum

Both Hans & I are on Windows 11 Version 22H2.
And my Windows 10 computer is also on Version 22H2.
I experimented with both double-tap speed & right-click speed-duration. I think Hans only tried the latter.

Any thoughts?


All the best,
Denis
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 Build 22631.3447
Brink,

Neither I nor the member @HansL can get either the Control panel method or the Registry method to have any effect at all in Windows 11.
Both continue to work correctly in my Windows 10 touchscreen computer.
Controls work in Win10 but not in Win11 - my post #5 - ElevenForum

Both Hans & I are on Windows 11 Version 22H2.
And my Windows 10 computer is also on Version 22H2.
I experimented with both double-tap speed & right-click speed-duration. I think Hans only tried the latter.

Any thoughts?


All the best,
Denis

Hello Denis, :alien:

Is there any 3rd party or OEM software/driver that may be getting used and overriding this instead?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
The only customisation I've done is installing StartAllBack.
I'll look up how to disable it for a test.

@HansL - Have you got any tweaks to your Windows 11?

Denis
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 Build 22631.3447
Symptoms persist with StartAllBack disabled.
I only have one Windows 11 touchscreen computer to test with.

Denis
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 Build 22631.3447
Symptoms persist with StartAllBack disabled.
I only have one Windows 11 touchscreen computer to test with.

Denis
It'll be interesting to hear from others to see what they are experiencing on different devices.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self build
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING (11GB GDDR5X)
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G75 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3 wall mounted
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gbps Download and 35 Mbps Upload
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender and Malwarebytes Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Laptop 7 Copilot+ PC
    CPU
    Snapdragon X Elite (12 core) 3.42 GHz
    Memory
    16 GB LPDDR5x-7467 MHz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15" HDR
    Screen Resolution
    2496 x 1664
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD
    Internet Speed
    Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4
    Browser
    Chrome and Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender

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