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 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mousetweaks in Ubuntu. 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mousetweaks/+bug/1212736/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp