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xfce4-settings package

Tapping lower-right corner of touchpad causes a right-click

Bug #1260341 reported by Joonas Saarinen on 2013-12-12

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This bug affects 4 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xfce4-settings (Ubuntu)	Expired	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

I have tapping set off in touchpad settings. Despite this, it seems that tapping the lower right corner of the touchpad does a right-click. The bug happens in multiple machines, but is a bit unreliable to trigger: maybe it requires some exact spot, tapping length, or tapping force on the touchpad to happen.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: xfce4-settings 4.11.0-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Dec 12 16:13:08 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-11 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: xfce4-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Joonas Saarinen (jza) wrote on 2013-12-12:

#1

Dependencies.txt Edit (6.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (316 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Sergio Benjamim (sergio-br2) on 2013-12-19

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added: trusty

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-12-19:

#2

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

Changed in xfce4-settings (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Sergio Benjamim (sergio-br2) wrote on 2013-12-19:

#3

I can disable Tap touchpad to click, it works only for left-click behavior, but not to right-click behavior.

Trusty daily build of 2013/12/19

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2013-12-19:

#4

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1260341

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added: package-qa-testing

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Sergio Benjamim (sergio-br2) wrote on 2013-12-20:

#5

This still happens with ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2013-12-25:

#6

As of now disabling tap to click does not affect the corner button actions.

$ synclient -l | grep -i cornerbutton
    RTCornerButton = 2
    RBCornerButton = 3
    LTCornerButton = 0
    LBCornerButton = 0

Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) on 2014-02-08

Changed in xfce4-settings (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2014-03-14:

#7

I have uploaded a patched version to https://launchpad.net/~thad-fisch/+archive/test for testing purpose. You will have to restart your session and maybe toggle the Tap to Click option once to apply the new settings.

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2014-03-14:

#8

set-corner-button-actions.patch Edit (628 bytes, text/plain)

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2014-03-14:

#9

The attachment "set-corner-button-actions.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

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Sergio Benjamim (sergio-br2) wrote on 2014-03-14:

#10

I'm unable to reproduce this error. Maybe someone fixed it in the upstream?

Jackson Doak (noskcaj) on 2014-03-21

Changed in xfce4-settings (Ubuntu):
importance:	High → Low

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Thaddaeus Tintenfisch (thad-fisch-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2015-02-01:

#11

Can anyone reproduce this bug?

Changed in xfce4-settings (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-04-03:

#12

[Expired for xfce4-settings (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in xfce4-settings (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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nothingmuch (nothingmuch) wrote on 2015-05-27:

#13

ubuntu-bug-xfce4-settings-synaptics-corner-tapping.txt Edit (117.5 KiB, text/plain)

I can confirm this is still an issue.

I'm using a Lenovo W550s, fairly recent install of Xubuntu 15.04 (see attached ubuntu-bug output).

The xfconf pointers xml file had explicit values for these options in the synaptics tap action property, which presumably were copied from some initial configuration, but I can't track down the origin of those values (RT=2, RB=3).

Strangely, it appears xserver-xorg-input-synaptics disables corner tapping by default, and xfce4-settings never touches the value, so arguably this bug isn't really xfce4-settings' fault, but I really don't know who else to blame ;-)

And while we're on the topic, I suppose the tap and drag gesture should probably also be disabled when disabling tap click?

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