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bejuzb
Asked: 2018-05-26 23:39:42 +0800 CST

Single tap working as right click and double tap as single in Ubuntu 18.04 with Unity

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I am using Ubuntu 18.04 with Unity installed. Mouse was working fine until I updated using apt-get upgrade, after which, single tap opens right click menu. And tapping with two fingers selects the file. Actually pressing the touchpad buttons work fine but taps are switched. Anyone knows how to fix this?

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1 Answers

  1. You can add xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package and enable tapping.

    Steps:

    1. sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
    2. sudo mkdir -p /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
    3. sudo touch /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf
    4. Add the following config in 40-libinput.conf Section "InputClass" Identifier "libinput touchpad catchall" MatchIsTouchpad "on" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "libinput" Option "Tapping" "on" EndSection
    5. Restart lightdm - systemctl restart lightdm

    Source: https://wiki.debian.org/SynapticsTouchpad

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