After further investigation, it looks like this was just an interaction of the disable touchpad when typing option. If that is disabled, then this works as expected.
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- synclient TouchpadOff=1 toggles touchpad rather than disabling it https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/673875 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs