Characters appearing while swiping trackpad

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AndresC

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I've just noticed a strange issue that I don't believe was present before the latest update. I'm running Windows 7 32 bit and Parallels 8. I have both a 2012 Macbook Air and 2011 Mini. When I perform a quick short upward or downward swipe at the very top and very bottom on the built in trackpad on the Air or standalone trackpad on the Mini, the small letter z will appear just as if I was typing it. A quick short leftward swipe at the very right of the trackpad results in the letter c appearing. Since I'm using two separate Macs, with two pretty much identical Parallels installations, I know it isn't a hardware issue. This characters appear whether in coherence mode or not (and only within Parallels - ie Windows 7). I should note that a quick short swipe rightward on the very left of the trackpad invokes windows 7 flip 3d (which I'm assuming is intended).

Can anyone chime in on this? I'm assuming this is a bug?
 
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RCOwensJr,
thank you, but we're interested in report with the issue happening on build 18314 - we all thought it's gone now :)
But thank you anyway,
Hanna
 
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I am experiencing the exact same set of issues. The only workaround I've found is to invoke the Flip 3D feature the proper way: <ALT>1<TAB>; it'll stop appearing when you hit the left side of the track pad.

Also, Chinese characters appear when you change back to the Mac OSX from Windows, and back to Windows. This proved to be interference from a popular Windows clipboard manager called "Ditto". This also shouldn't be happening.
 
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Hello Rich,

It is almost impossible to find the problem report without the ID - it hides all the personal information there. Can you please, kindly, install the latest build back and reproduce it?
 
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There is absolutely no mistaking that there is still a problem. When trying to type your password into the Windows 8 logon screen, you have to type slowly or the character "C" mysteriously appears.
 
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