Public bug reported: Ubuntu 18.04 defaults to setting the secondary (right) click on a touchpad to two-finger mode rather than the more common left and right buttons.
It took me a while to figure out what was going on and how to fix it, having found this page explaining the situation: https://itsfoss.com/fix-right-click-touchpad-ubuntu/ There are two separate but closely related issues, either or both of which may constitute a bug. 1. When GNOME was installed prior to the upgrade to 18.04, the prior setting should be respected rather than reset to default. I simply lost the ability to secondary (right) click from the touchpad with no notice. Both left and right buttons acted as primary clicks. 2. My touchpad (Acer V3-574) has hardware left and right buttons, and my understanding from the documentation is that the two-finger method should not be enabled in that case. I was unable to get the two-finger method to work. ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768994 Title: Upgrade to 18.04 resets touchpad behavior to default, overriding existing GNOME settings Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu 18.04 defaults to setting the secondary (right) click on a touchpad to two-finger mode rather than the more common left and right buttons. It took me a while to figure out what was going on and how to fix it, having found this page explaining the situation: https://itsfoss.com/fix-right-click-touchpad-ubuntu/ There are two separate but closely related issues, either or both of which may constitute a bug. 1. When GNOME was installed prior to the upgrade to 18.04, the prior setting should be respected rather than reset to default. I simply lost the ability to secondary (right) click from the touchpad with no notice. Both left and right buttons acted as primary clicks. 2. My touchpad (Acer V3-574) has hardware left and right buttons, and my understanding from the documentation is that the two-finger method should not be enabled in that case. I was unable to get the two-finger method to work. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1768994/+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
