I'm pretty sure gnome-shell (or mutter) will never change this setting. So assigning to gnome-settings-daemon, though that might also be wrong.
FYI, there is a GUI to control it: Just install the gnome-tweaks package. ** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-settings-daemon in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870931 Title: Touchpad's right click function disabled by default and cannot be changed in Settings; I have to use the gsettings command Status in gnome-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Randomly, after I boot the PC, suddenly the right-click option becomes disabled, and I am forced to run "gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method areas" to set it back. This setting should not have changed in the first place, and it randomly happened after booting the PC a day after shutting it off. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-45.37~18.04.1-generic 5.3.18 Uname: Linux 5.3.0-45-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.14 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Apr 5 10:46:23 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'gtk-im-module' b"'gtk-im-context-simple'" b'org.gnome.desktop.interface' b'clock-format' b"'12h'" InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-04 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20200203.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1870931/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
