Right-click doesn't work

[Eric Stith]

I decided to try out the beta for 18.04 from 17.10. Upon upgrading, I discovered that right-clicking no longer works on my trackpad, and right-clicks are handled as left-clicks would be. Two-finger right click does not work either. If I plug in a mouse with a physical right button, right clicking does work.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Apr 6 11:26:00 2018
DistUpgraded: 2018-04-06 11:14:08,949 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: './xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.14.15-041415-generic, x86_64: installed
 bbswitch, 0.8, 4.15.0-13-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:191b] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Dell HD Graphics 530 [1028:06e4]
   Subsystem: Dell GM107M [GeForce GTX 960M] [1028:06e4]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-04 (337 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS 15 9550
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.15.0-13-generic root=UUID=62d6bfc3-82e2-4ca2-9255-8dae5ad9b117 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-06 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/21/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 1.4.0
dmi.board.name: 0N7TVV
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A00
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.4.0:bd08/21/2017:svnDellInc.:pnXPS159550:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0N7TVV:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: XPS 15 9550
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[FM33 (foxxm)]

Hello,

I have this too : Physical button from the touchpad is handled as a left click.
I can use 2-fingers as a workaround, but "area" mode is not working though.

[Eric Stith (estith)]

I just wanted to add two new notes to this bug report:

1. When I reported it, I was using a beta of 18.04, right-click didn't work either by clicking on the area of the trackpad that is supposed to be reserved for right-click or by using two-finger click. The former is still true in the full released version, but the later seems to be fixed, albeit, it is quite difficult and requires very precise timing and finger spacing to achieve a right-click (I get a successful right-click with two fingers about 20% of the time).

2. I have done a clean install on a different laptop with completely different hardware, and I am seeing exactly the same problem.

[Jean-Max Reymond (jmreymond-free)]

Same issue with a new Dell Inspiron 5000 and Ubuntu 18.04 Xorg

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1759300, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.