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Haptiker

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Volume, brightness and keyboard light on your trackpad edges

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Volume, brightness and keyboard light on your trackpad edges

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Haptiker turns the edges of your Mac trackpad into sliders. Right edge: volume. Left: display brightness, external monitors too on Apple Silicon. Top: keyboard light. Haptic ticks, and scrolling works as before. 7-day free trial, then one payment.

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Launch tags:Mac•Productivity•Menu Bar Apps

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Haptiker

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Hi Product Hunt, I'm Perlat, and I made Haptiker. My hand is on the trackpad most of the day, and I kept leaving it to change the volume or dim the screen. The edges of the trackpad sit there unused, so I turned them into sliders: → Right edge: slide up or down for volume. Double-tap to mute. → Left edge: display brightness. It changes whichever screen your cursor is on, including external monitors on Apple Silicon Macs (over DDC/CI, no extra tools). → Top edge: slide sideways for keyboard light. You feel a haptic tick as the level moves, and the cursor stays still while you adjust. Most of the work went into making it not get in the way. A slide only counts when one finger starts on the edge and runs along it. Two-finger scrolls are ignored, and so are swipes that start in the middle of the pad. If your hands are different from mine, you can change the edge width and sensitivity, swap sides, or limit the side edges to the bottom quarter. The details: • Menu bar app, macOS 12 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel • Built-in Force Touch trackpads and the Magic Trackpad • It needs Accessibility permission to read trackpad touches. Touches stay in memory on your Mac. There are no analytics in the app; it only goes online for license and update checks. • 7-day free trial of every feature, no account, no card • Then a one-time purchase, no subscription. One license covers up to 3 Macs. For Product Hunt: code PRODUCTHUNT makes it $3.99 instead of $7.99, until October 27. You can start the trial today and use the code when you buy. What I'd love to hear: 1. Does the edge detection feel right on your trackpad, or does it ever fire when you didn't mean it to? 2. If you use an external monitor, did brightness work with your setup? 3. The bottom edge is still free. What would you put there? I'll be here all day answering questions. https://haptiker.app

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4d ago

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💡 Bright idea

@perlat_kociaj This is so cool! re: question #3 - Would love to use bottom edge to switch apps (cmd+tab functionality).

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12h ago

Haptiker

Maker

@jaclyn_iul Thank you so much!
This is a brilliant idea. Will add this in the roadmap.

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12h ago

Haptiker

Maker

@jaclyn_iul
Thank you for the idea! credits to you!
This feature is now live on version v1.1.
- double tap the bottom edge to show an App Switcher and you can use the trackpad to scroll and open the desired app, WITH a very nice haptic feedback!!

Would be grateful if you try and provide some honest feedback!

Perlat

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7h ago

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@perlat_kociaj Wow, amazing!!!

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6h ago

Small thing, but it solves a real daily annoyance. Reaching for the keys just to change the volume gets old. Does it work with a Magic Trackpad too?

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18h ago

Haptiker

Maker

@nrupen_mandava

Yep, works on the Magic Trackpad too, plus any MacBook with a Force Touch trackpad. If you've got an external monitor on an Apple Silicon Mac, the left edge also controls that screen's brightness. It follows whichever display your cursor is on. That one's saved me from digging through monitor buttons more times than I can count.

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17h ago

The haptic ticks are a nice detail. Having some physical feedback while changing the volume or brightness should make the control feel more natural.

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19h ago

Using the trackpad edges for volume and brightness is actually a pretty clever idea. It seems like one of those small things that could become a habit quickly.

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19h ago

Haptiker

Maker

Thank you@tom_nick1 !
Same thing happened to me. I made it for myself and pretty soon I was swiping the edge without thinking about it. There's a little haptic tick on each step too, so you can feel where the volume is without looking same for the brightness.

Curious how fast it sticks for you if you give it a go on the free trial.

Thanks,
Perlat

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18h ago