Ubuntu
gnome-settings-daemon package

Two finger scrolling on touchpads should be enabled by default

Bug #736829 reported by Chase Douglas
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This bug affects 16 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-settings-daemon

Two finger scrolling on touchpads is now a fairly basic gesture supported by all modern desktop systems. It is one of the features that most people manually enable as soon as they install Ubuntu. We should change the default for this setting so that it is on by default.

Tags: amd64 trusty
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Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) wrote :

I will begin by proposing this on the ubuntu-desktop mailing list.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Chase Douglas (chasedouglas)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
penalvch (penalvch)
Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: amd64 trusty
Maarten Lankhorst (mlankhorst)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Confirmed
assignee: Chase Douglas (chasedouglas) → nobody
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Maarten Lankhorst (mlankhorst) wrote :

Is this really an issue? It's enabled by default when edge scrolling is not enabled.

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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penalvch (penalvch) wrote :

Maarten Lankhorst, thanks for commenting towards this. For me, I would like to have two finger scrolling enabled by default, without having to disable edge scrolling. As well, I could see why others would prefer the same thing, over the status quo.

This wouldn't be an issue, given one being knowledgeable enough could enable this by default, as noted in the Bug Description. I'm not aware of any negatives of this change in default behavior, but I'll let one more knowledgeable than I speak towards this.

Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Opinion
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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

That this is really an issue is covered in the original bug description. Since edge-scrolling is both less familiar and more difficult, it should be a fallback when two-finger scrolling is not possible, not the other way around.

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
status: Opinion → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the two fingers scrolling is default in the current ubuntu versions
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/?id=07960e42b11c26aac7ff49ba12df8a322d9e2d55

Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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