Public bug reported: On up to date Ubuntu 18.04, if I login to the Ubuntu gnome-shell session with 'areas' selected as the click-method (note, I seem to need to restart the session for 'click-method' to be in full effect when switching between 'fingers' and 'areas', but that is not this bug), then 'right click' works as expected (clicking touchpad in lower right), but 'middle click' does not (clicking touchpad in lower middle).
$ gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method 'areas' mutter 3.28.0-2 and xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.0-1ubuntu1 are installed. WORKAROUND: settings to 'fingers' (and logging out/back in) allows 2 and 3 finger tap to work correctly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: mutter 3.28.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Mar 26 09:14:45 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-01 (540 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mutter UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-03-19 (7 days ago) ** Affects: mutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1758929 Title: middle click on synaptics touchpad does not work with 'areas' click- method To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1758929/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs