Re: [Tails-ux] Default right-click method for touchpads [Was…

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Author: Michael Gerstacker
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To: Tails user experience & user interface design
CC: Tails list for early testers
Subject: Re: [Tails-ux] Default right-click method for touchpads [Was: Opinion about Tails 4.0beta1]
Hi intrigeri,

Am Sa., 31. Aug. 2019 um 09:46 Uhr schrieb intrigeri <intrigeri@???>:

> Hi Michael,
>
> >>>> In 3.15 i can click on the bottom right part of my touchpad like i
> do in
> >>>> Windows or hit the touchpad anywhere with two fingers (that was
> completely
> >>>> new for me).
> >>>> In 4.0 i can not click on the bottom right part of my touchpad
> anymore.
> >>>> The only way to do a right-click is hitting the touchpad anywhere
> with two
> >>>> fingers.
> >>>> The left click is still working the same in both versions and the same
> >>>> like in Windows. Either click on the bottom left part of my touchpad
> or hit
> >>>> on the touchpad with one finger.
>
> >> Wow, indeed it sounds like a serious problem if the way to do
> >> right-click in Windows doesn't work in Tails.
>
> I've tried to reproduce on 2 laptops that have a touchpad:
>
> 1. One that has separate physical buttons below the touchpad, outside
>    of the area that can be used for tapping/dragging/etc..

>
>    These buttons work as expected. No behavior change since Tails 3.x
>    ⇒ out of scope.

>
> 2. One that has no visible physical buttons, but the touchpad is
>    hinged at the top and the bottom left & right areas can be
>    depressed, providing physical feedback similar to a button.
>    That is, a Mac-style touchpad, which is becoming the norm on recent
>    hardware, because it increases the surface that can be used for
>    tapping/dragging/etc., compared to separate physical buttons.

>
>    The only way to produce a right click is to do a two-fingers tap.
>    The somewhat-physical buttons produce a left click.

>
>    I can revert to the previous behaviour by running any of these two
>    commands:

>
>      gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method
> areas
>      gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method
> default

>
>    Michael, can you please try these commands and tell me if any of
>    them fixes the problem you've been experiencing?

>


Yes i tried the first command and now i have the possibility to do both.
Either do a right-click on the bottom right part of the touchpad like i
know it from widnows or do a two-fingers tap anywhere.

I did a reboot then and tried the second command and it seems its doing the
same like the first command so both commands seems to revert the changes.