You can apply the attached patch to xserver-xorg-input-
evdev-2.9.2-1ubuntu1 source.
I have tested it on one touchscreen only.
my device : ID 0457:1026 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp
It is globally disabled by default, use xinput. You can also disable
each of the following features separately :
right click emulation with touch and hold followed by release.
middle click emulation with touch and hold followed by tap with a
second finger, the click happens at the first touch or at the second
one if inverted, you can set it with xinput.
wheel clicks in 4 directions with touch and hold then move.
For the visual signal I kept it simple and painted it directly from
evdev on top of everything, this is probably wrong in a way but there
isn't much of a choice as far as I know. Desktop compatibility might be
an issue.
It preserves Unity multitouch gestures.
** Attachment added: "patch-evdev-emuTS"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1212736/+attachment/4607907/+files/patch-evdev-emuTS
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1212736
Title:
Touch screen: Right click should be emulated by long press, like under
Windows 8 and Android
Status in mousetweaks package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad Twist convertible ultrabook (Intel Core i7).
The tablet mode (touchscreen-only operation, keyboard folded away)
gets continuously working better.
One important missing feature is an easy-to-do right click. The right-
click emulation button in Onboard is a rather awkward solution, as
Onboard only shows up when selecting a text input field.
I suggest to emulate the right-click by a long press on the screen. It
is done in Android this way, too, and works very well for me.
Note that the long-press right-click functionality in "Universal
Access" in the Control Center only works with a mouse and not with the
touch screen (another bug).
I am using Saucy 64-bit and the standard Unity desktop.
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