Recent "clickpad patch" breaks two-finger-right-click

I have decided to disable clickpad support for trackpads that do not have a physical right button. This will re-enable click action support for all devices that had click actions enabled by default previously. Click actions is the X synaptics term for "two-finger-right-click".

This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-input-synaptics - 1.5.99~git20120223-0ubuntu2

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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (1.5.99~git20120223-0ubuntu2) precise; urgency=low

  * Disable ClickPad support when there is no physical right button
    (LP: #941046)
    - This re-enables click actions, which was enabled by default previously
    - Users can enable ClickPad support through xorg.conf, xinput, or synclient
    - See
      https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2012-February/003751.html
      for the discussion guiding this change.
  * Refresh ClickPad support patch with changes from upstream review
    - No new functionality
  * Remove bottom area mask for Dell netbook clickpads with two buttons
 -- Chase Douglas <email address hidden> Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:33:26 -0700

@Chase - any chance this may get fixed (and hence reenabled) for clickpads which don't have a physical right button (such as all the ones on Apple laptops?) As it is a shame to be so close to having good support for such devices now only to have it removed. I agree that maintaining two / three finger clicks for right / middle buttons is more important than adding 2 finger drag support but it would be great to eventually have both :)

With clickpad support it works fine for me (on Lenovo U300s with Synaptics trackpad). Using the "buttons" gives left-click, and I can hold it and drag on the trackpad to select or move windows. Tapping with two buttons is my right-click, so that works at the same time for me.

Without clickpad support its basically the same except that the button (push, without releasing) is the same as a tap and I cannot hold the button to drag a window or make a selection. For that I need to do fast tap, tap-and-drag which is less convenient for me (but which still works when I enable clickpad support). So in my case, disabling clickpad support only removes some functionality.

I don't miss the right-button click on the clickpad, but I must say that I used a macbook for a year before I got this laptop. If I use windows on my U300s I get confused because I forget that there is a right-button on my trackpad.

s/tapping with two buttons/tapping with two fingers

In my case, I have a MBP 8.1 (early 2011). The physical buttons are absent and I never got along well with tap-to-click.

Should we file a new bug on this?

Pedro Nariyoshi

On Mar 5, 2012, at 5:44, Tim Peeters <email address hidden> wrote:

> s/tapping with two buttons/tapping with two fingers
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941046
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> Title:
> Recent "clickpad patch" breaks two-finger-right-click
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using precise x64, latest xserver-xorg-input-synaptics upgrade (to
> version 1.5.99~git20120223-0ubuntu1) breaks two-finger click
> (actually, triple click as well).
>
> Obs.: This recent patch enabled a enhanced click-and-drag using two
> fingers amongst other things.
>
> What I expected to happen: click with multiple fingers on trackpad to
> register a different button
>
> How to reproduce problem: just click while using a multitouch trackpad
> (bcm5974 in my case). I've tested with "xev"
>
> What happened instead: clicking with multiple fingers is sensed as a
> left-button click.
>
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ClickPad support with proper click actions is possible, but requires heuristics that will need development and tuning. Unfortunately, we have run out of time for the Precise cycle :(. I hope to get things working properly soon into the Q cycle.

Hey Chase,

any chance we'll be seeing a preview of these drivers on your ppa?

On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Chase Douglas
<email address hidden>wrote:

> ClickPad support with proper click actions is possible, but requires
> heuristics that will need development and tuning. Unfortunately, we have
> run out of time for the Precise cycle :(. I hope to get things working
> properly soon into the Q cycle.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941046
>
> Title:
> Recent "clickpad patch" breaks two-finger-right-click
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using precise x64, latest xserver-xorg-input-synaptics upgrade (to
> version 1.5.99~git20120223-0ubuntu1) breaks two-finger click
> (actually, triple click as well).
>
> Obs.: This recent patch enabled a enhanced click-and-drag using two
> fingers amongst other things.
>
> What I expected to happen: click with multiple fingers on trackpad to
> register a different button
>
> How to reproduce problem: just click while using a multitouch trackpad
> (bcm5974 in my case). I've tested with "xev"
>
> What happened instead: clicking with multiple fingers is sensed as a
> left-button click.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/941046/+subscriptions
>

Hi Pedro,

Yes, that's my plan, but I can't give you a timeframe yet. I'm currently focused on fixing bugs for the 12.04 release, so I may not get back to it for a bit.

Thanks!

Hey Chase, I'd like to help out developing this driver. What kind of
sources would you recommend me to read?

Pedro Nariyoshi

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:41 AM, Chase Douglas
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Hi Pedro,
>
> Yes, that's my plan, but I can't give you a timeframe yet. I'm currently
> focused on fixing bugs for the 12.04 release, so I may not get back to
> it for a bit.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/941046
>
> Title:
> Recent "clickpad patch" breaks two-finger-right-click
>
> Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> I'm using precise x64, latest xserver-xorg-input-synaptics upgrade (to
> version 1.5.99~git20120223-0ubuntu1) breaks two-finger click
> (actually, triple click as well).
>
> Obs.: This recent patch enabled a enhanced click-and-drag using two
> fingers amongst other things.
>
> What I expected to happen: click with multiple fingers on trackpad to
> register a different button
>
> How to reproduce problem: just click while using a multitouch trackpad
> (bcm5974 in my case). I've tested with "xev"
>
> What happened instead: clicking with multiple fingers is sensed as a
> left-button click.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-synaptics/+bug/941046/+subscriptions
>