Hi all, I've spent some time working on making "ClickPad" trackpads work better. I have put the end result up at ppa:chasedouglas/clickpad. I would like some testing feedback for the changes.
In this context, a "ClickPad" is any touchpad with buttons integrated into the touch surface. This includes many variations of Synaptics trackpads and all the multitouch Apple trackpads. However, not all devices are detected as clickpads by the kernel, so you may need to manually override the clickpad detection. I have attached two scripts. The first enables clickpad support, and the second enables a "right button area" in the lower right corner of the trackpad. The 'right button area" should overlap with the right button area painted on some ClickPads. You are free to enable or disable it as you wish. The scripts require the device name or id as the first argument. You can query the device name and id by running "xinput list". So what does this do? * You can now perform click-and-drag with two separate fingers * With the right button area enabled, a button press in the area will fire a right button press instead of a left button press * Click actions are possible, but they are an advanced feature I don't want to support yet by detailing them here If we get good feedback on this, then I would like to push it into Precise. I also want to add a checkbox to the mouse settings preferences to enable the right button area too. Thanks for testing! -- Chase
enable-clickpad.sh
Description: application/shellscript
enable-rightbutton.sh
Description: application/shellscript
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