Synaptics Soft Button Areas not working in HP Envy 14 Clickpad
Bug #947354 reported by
Nicolás Abel Carbone
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In Ubuntu 12.04 the Clickpad support now comes enabled by default. However, pressing the ClickPad results in a left-click in all the surface. It should be registered as a right-click if the ClickPad is pressed in the lower right side. Also, pressing in the lower center should trigger a middle-click.
I tried to enable this function by entering this command in the terminal:
xinput set-prop "13" "Synaptics Soft Button Areas" 3672 5671 3750 4550 3472 3671 3750 4550
but, it still doesn't work.
I am not sure if this is a bug or a design decision, but I think that the missing functionality is important enough to be considered.
tags: | added: synaptics |
tags: | added: synclient |
tags: | added: 12.04 ubuntu |
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I can confirm this problem for a Samsung Series 7. I found a partial solution for this.
Check if the ClickPad option is on (synclient -l | grep ClickPad). You can set it with: synclient ClickPad=1. Then you need to tell the areas that should be considered as right or middle mouse botton. With synclient RightButtonArea Left=1500 RightButtonArea Top=1700. It seems to be not necessary to set the lower and right borders.
You can find the info on the "coordinate system" of the pad in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
So far I was not able to set the area for the middle button. I get an error from synclient telling me that the value is wrong.... I also can not set the options in xorg.conf. The RightBottonArea* options seemt to be ignored. So currently I set the options by calling synclient in .profile .
I consider the following to things as bug:
- the ClickPad option should be set automatically.
- The Area Options are not recognized in xorg.conf