I would like that my touchpad two fingers tap works as a mouse middle click on ubuntu 19.10.The default in Ubuntu is the three tap fingers but I prefer using two fingers.
This was pretty easy in my former laptop using synaptics driver options (as explained here https://askubuntu.com/a/156545/1035668), but it looks like this new laptop is using a different driver and I haven't been able to figure out how to configure it as I would like.
Here you have the output of xinput list
:
xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ MSFT0001:02 06CB:CD3E Touchpad id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Integrated Camera: Integrated C id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Ideapad extra buttons id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
The output of xinput list-props 10
:
Device 'MSFT0001:02 06CB:CD3E Touchpad':
Device Enabled (145): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (147): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Tapping Enabled (282): 1
libinput Tapping Enabled Default (283): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled (284): 1
libinput Tapping Drag Enabled Default (285): 1
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled (286): 0
libinput Tapping Drag Lock Enabled Default (287): 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Enabled (288): 1, 0
libinput Tapping Button Mapping Default (289): 1, 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (290): 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (291): 0
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled (292): 1
libinput Disable While Typing Enabled Default (293): 1
libinput Scroll Methods Available (294): 1, 1, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled (295): 1, 0, 0
libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (296): 1, 0, 0
libinput Click Methods Available (297): 1, 1
libinput Click Method Enabled (298): 1, 0
libinput Click Method Enabled Default (299): 1, 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (300): 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (301): 0
libinput Accel Speed (302): 0.000000
libinput Accel Speed Default (303): 0.000000
libinput Left Handed Enabled (304): 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (305): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (267): 1, 1
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (268): 0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (269): 0, 0
Device Node (270): "/dev/input/event6"
Device Product ID (271): 1739, 52542
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (306): <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (307): 1```
Best Answer
You can add
to the touchpad section of
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
file like this:lmr
means "left/middle/right". By default 3-finger tap is for a middle-click (lrm).It will permanently set this option (after a reboot). You can also test it by setting a
xinput
option:This should have an effect right away, but won't survive a reboot.