I haven't seen a touchscreen on consumer hardware that supports only a single touch in years. Unity is not designed for such ancient technology.
The gesture to reveal the Launcher on a touchscreen is a 4-finger horizontal drag. The Dash can be revealed with a 4-finger tap. This functionality has been available in Ubuntu since 11.10. ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223739 Title: Launcher - unable to reveal Launcher under autohide after using the touch screen Status in OEM Priority Project: New Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: To Reproduce: 1. Set the Launcher to autohide 2. On any system (have tried on some Dell systems and some HP systems) which supports single touch 3. Touch the screen and try to move cursor to show launcher Expected result: Launcher can reveal Actual result: Launcher "cannot" reveal Additional information: 1. When the issue happens, can press window key to show dash and launcher, but moving cursor to the left side still can't show launcher 2. There is no crash is observed so far on X or Compiz 3. Switch to ttyl1 and restart lightdm can recover To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oem-priority/+bug/1223739/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp