Of course implementing a setting in gnome-mouse->touchpad would be desirable and I don't understand why they don't. KDE has a nice GUI configuration tab.
Anyway, a quick workout in Ubuntu Natty, working in squeeze as well, is to add a tiny script in autostart, working "per user": synclient TabButton2=2 synclient TabButton2=2 I seem to recall it has been already mention here and elsewhere. BTW Gnome might have their good reasons, but I _do_ use two finger tapping a lot and find three finger usage a bit awkward. and less precise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/432814 Title: Touchpad: Action for middle and right click is reversed since jaunty -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs