On Feb 12, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Chris Van Hoof <vanh...@canonical.com> wrote:
> On 02/11/2012 04:58 PM, Chase Douglas wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I've spent some time working on making "ClickPad" trackpads work better. >> I have put the end result up at ppa:chasedouglas/clickpad. I would like >> some testing feedback for the changes. >> >> In this context, a "ClickPad" is any touchpad with buttons integrated >> into the touch surface. This includes many variations of Synaptics >> trackpads and all the multitouch Apple trackpads. However, not all >> devices are detected as clickpads by the kernel, so you may need to >> manually override the clickpad detection. >> >> I have attached two scripts. The first enables clickpad support, and the >> second enables a "right button area" in the lower right corner of the >> trackpad. The 'right button area" should overlap with the right button >> area painted on some ClickPads. You are free to enable or disable it as >> you wish. >> >> The scripts require the device name or id as the first argument. You can >> query the device name and id by running "xinput list". >> >> So what does this do? >> >> * You can now perform click-and-drag with two separate fingers >> * With the right button area enabled, a button press in the area will >> fire a right button press instead of a left button press >> * Click actions are possible, but they are an advanced feature I don't >> want to support yet by detailing them here >> >> If we get good feedback on this, then I would like to push it into >> Precise. I also want to add a checkbox to the mouse settings preferences >> to enable the right button area too. >> >> Thanks for testing! >> >> -- Chase > > Just ran through a dist-upgrade to make sure I was current, added your PPA > and pulled in the new x-x-i-synaptics package. > > ... enabled both scripts with my magic trackpad and did a bit of testing with > the program I have been wanting this support for since I purchased it, > Thunderbird :) > > Everything is working flawlessly, lower right gives me right click, and I can > easily move items around now after a click and hold. > > I'll keep testing things out and will report any oddities if I run across any. > > Would you prefer I give you a ping or file a bug if anything comes up? Replying to this thread would be best. That way everyone can see any potential issues when a decision is made on pushing to precise. The changes are not trivial, so all feedback is helpful. Thanks! -- Chase -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
