Public bug reported: In System Settings => Mouse/Trackpad there is a "General" setting to determine which is the primary button, left or right on a mouse. The problem is that if one chooses "right" it also has the affect of changing the behavior on a trackpad: it makes a one-finger tap secondary and a two-finger tap primary.
I think it would be a great improvement to separate mouse and trackpad behavior on this one. In my case, when using a mouse with my laptop hooked up to my external monitor, I use the mouse with my left hand and my index finger lands comfortably on the right button. So I want the right button to be primary. But when I'm using the trackpad, typically when I'm out of the office, I'd much prefer one-finger tap for primary and two-finger tap for secondary. The reason why I want the right mouse-button to be primary has nothing to do with the trackpad at all. Hence, it would be a big improvement to separate these settings. Thanks for the great OS! I'm running: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Here is what I get when I run: apt-cache policy unity-control-center Installed: 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 14.04.3+14.04.20140410-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 11 10:43:18 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_unity-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu14 deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4 ** Affects: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages trusty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1355236 Title: Separate Primary button setting for Mouse and Trackpads Status in “unity-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: In System Settings => Mouse/Trackpad there is a "General" setting to determine which is the primary button, left or right on a mouse. The problem is that if one chooses "right" it also has the affect of changing the behavior on a trackpad: it makes a one-finger tap secondary and a two-finger tap primary. I think it would be a great improvement to separate mouse and trackpad behavior on this one. In my case, when using a mouse with my laptop hooked up to my external monitor, I use the mouse with my left hand and my index finger lands comfortably on the right button. So I want the right button to be primary. But when I'm using the trackpad, typically when I'm out of the office, I'd much prefer one-finger tap for primary and two-finger tap for secondary. The reason why I want the right mouse-button to be primary has nothing to do with the trackpad at all. Hence, it would be a big improvement to separate these settings. Thanks for the great OS! I'm running: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Here is what I get when I run: apt-cache policy unity-control-center Installed: 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 14.04.3+14.04.20140410-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: unity-control-center 14.04.3+14.04.20140604-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-32.57-generic 3.13.11.4 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 11 10:43:18 2014 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/unity-control-center ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_unity-control-center: activity-log-manager 0.9.7-0ubuntu14 deja-dup 30.0-0ubuntu4 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-control-center/+bug/1355236/+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