Ubuntu – Middle click with touchpad on Ubuntu 16.04

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I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on a DELL XPS 13 and my middle click on my touchpad is not working. I tried three-finger-tap and the top right corner.
I even looked in synclient and it shows the correct setup… I think.

Do I have to install some additional packages or did I miss something else?
Could it be, that synclient has wrong coordiantes for the top right corner?

Best Answer

The easiest way is to install libinput. If you are using hwe-16.04 stack, it can be done by

sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-16.04

"Tap to click" is disabled by default in the Ubuntu 16.04 by default in libinput. You can enable it.

Run in a terminal

sudo -H gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/60-libinput.conf

and add

Option "Tapping" "true"

to the end of the touchpad section.

In xorg-synaptics the multi-finger tapping is unstable in many cases.

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