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They classify the Steam Deck as a “games console” to evade being held accountable to the Right To Repair legislation that has been passed on the US West Coast
Doesn't iFixit have all the components for the Steam Deck for sale on their site and have extensive tutorials available?
iFixit doesn’t sell the touchpads.
Even if one were to source a replacement touchpad from a used device, they are calibrated with a proprietary tool that Valve will not provide.
My Partner’s Steam Deck LCD’s right touchpad pressure is so sensitive that it’s unusable as a mouse. Navigating the desktop environment with it will result in unintentional drag and drop.
Might want to disable
Tap-and-DragunderSystem Settings -> Mouse & Touchpad -> Tappingand see if that helps.It affects more than just that, my workaround has been a custom mapping to move all mouse functions to the other touchpad but that only works when Steam is running and responsive.
Imagine that your left mouse button registers a click / a click and home every time you brush your finger against it and you’ll have an idea of how disruptive it is.