Synaptics Tap-To-Click in Xorg 1.6
Tuesday, 27. April 2010
In an archive of a poorly cited discussion on the debian bugs mailing list, are listed the magic words to enable tap-to-click on synaptics touchpads under newer versions of Xorg.
Try out synclient TapButton1=n, where
n can be:
- Left Mouse Button
- Middle Mouse Button
- Right Mouse Button
Typically, you would want to use synclient TapButton=1 so that a tap registers as a left mouse button.
Dan Farrell Says:
For more information, try ‘man synaptics’ and ‘man synclient’!
Stephen Says:
What about the little scroll pad?
Dan Farrell Says:
My understanding is that the scroll pad is no more than the extreme right edge of the touchpad sensor. It can be configured with the same tool. Although my vertical scrolling has always been enabled by default (unlike double-tap-to-click in recent drivers), I’ve discovered that it can be disabled with synclient VertEdgeScroll=0; therefore, I believe it could probably be enabled by the converse, synclient VertEdgeScroll=1. I couldn’t determine the effect of setting seemingly related UpDownScrolling field.