Touchpad right-click is not working

[Danny Mexen]

I upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and now right clicking on my touchpad is not working anymore.

Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
Release: 18.04

Expectation: context menu
Result: no context menu

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Apr 8 01:32:15 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-07 (59 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_ZM:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_ZM
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
 Log time: 2018-04-07 17:29:07.625125
 Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
 Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
 Done

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Danny Mexen (mexen)]

Tweaks solved the problem for me.

[Tim Merrison (tim-merrison)]

I have upgraded two notebooks (Asus UX360U and Jumper EZBook 3 Pro) and both now suffer from this issue (but in both cases two-finger tap still works).

[Tim Merrison (tim-merrison)]

Danny, what tweaks solved the problem for you?

[Danny Mexen (mexen)]

Install/Open GNOME Tweaks
Go to Mouse and Keyboard
Under Mouse Click Emulation select Area.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:55 PM, Tim Merrison <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Danny, what tweaks solved the problem for you?
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762084
>
> Title:
> Touchpad right-click is not working
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and now right clicking on my touchpad
> is not working anymore.
>
> Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
> Release: 18.04
>
> Expectation: context menu
> Result: no context menu
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.13
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sun Apr 8 01:32:15 2018
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-07 (59 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64
> (20180105.1)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_ZM:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_ZM
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> Symptom: dist-upgrade
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
> Log time: 2018-04-07 17:29:07.625125
> Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
> Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
> Done
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1762084/+subscriptions
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Regards,

Danny Mexen.

[Danny Mexen (mexen)]

Install/Open GNOME Tweaks
Go to Mouse and Keyboard
Under Mouse Click Emulation select Area.

[Tim Merrison (tim-merrison)]

Thanks Danny, as advised, GNOME Tweaks fixes the issue.

[Danny Mexen (mexen)]

You're welcome.

[vanadium (ftack)]

Great for pointing to a convenient solution. Not really a bug then (fortunately) but a (perhaps little?) configuration issue.

[Sklochkov (sklochkov)]

The "select area" solution does not work on the asus vivobook n580v laptop. Any suggestions?

[slimbook (slimbook)]

Confirmed with Slimbook KatanaII and fresh install.

[Danny Mexen (mexen)]

Are you runnng synaptics or libinput?

On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 7:04 PM, slimbook <email address hidden> wrote:

> Confirmed with Slimbook KatanaII and fresh install.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762084
>
> Title:
> Touchpad right-click is not working
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and now right clicking on my touchpad
> is not working anymore.
>
> Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
> Release: 18.04
>
> Expectation: context menu
> Result: no context menu
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.13
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14-generic 4.15.10
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: wl
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> CrashDB: ubuntu
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sun Apr 8 01:32:15 2018
> EcryptfsInUse: Yes
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-07 (59 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64
> (20180105.1)
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_ZM:en
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_ZM
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
> Symptom: dist-upgrade
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> VarLogDistupgradeAptlog:
> Log time: 2018-04-07 17:29:07.625125
> Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
> Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 0
> Done
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1762084/+subscriptions
>

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Regards,

Danny Mexen.

[Sklochkov (sklochkov)]

I'm running Synaptics.

Device 'ELAN1200:00 04F3:303E Touchpad':
 Device Enabled (174): 1
 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (176): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
 Device Accel Profile (303): 1
 Device Accel Constant Deceleration (304): 2.500000
 Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (305): 1.000000
 Device Accel Velocity Scaling (306): 12.500000
 Synaptics Edges (307): 128, 3072, 118, 2080
 Synaptics Finger (308): 25, 30, 0
 Synaptics Tap Time (309): 180
 Synaptics Tap Move (310): 170
 Synaptics Tap Durations (311): 180, 180, 100
 Synaptics ClickPad (312): 1
 Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (313): 0
 Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (314): 282
 Synaptics Two-Finger Width (315): 7
 Synaptics Scrolling Distance (316): 77, 77
 Synaptics Edge Scrolling (317): 0, 0, 0
 Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (318): 1, 1
 Synaptics Move Speed (319): 1.000000, 1.750000, 0.051520, 0.000000
 Synaptics Off (320): 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags (321): 0
 Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (322): 5000
 Synaptics Tap Action (323): 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 2
 Synaptics Click Action (324): 1, 3, 2
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling (325): 0
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (326): 0.100000
 Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (327): 0
 Synaptics Circular Pad (328): 0
 Synaptics Palm Detection (329): 1
 Synaptics Palm Dimensions (330): 10, 200
 Synaptics Coasting Speed (331): 20.000000, 50.000000
 Synaptics Pressure Motion (332): 30, 160
 Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (333): 1.000000, 1.000000
 Synaptics Resolution Detect (334): 1
 Synaptics Grab Event Device (335): 0
 Synaptics Gestures (336): 1
 Synaptics Capabilities (337): 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0
 Synaptics Pad Resolution (338): 31, 31
 Synaptics Area (339): 0, 0, 0, 0
 Synaptics Soft Button Areas (340): 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
 Synaptics Noise Cancellation (341): 19, 19
 Device Product ID (300): 1267, 12350
 Device Node (299): "/dev/input/event9"

[Danny Mexen (mexen)]

I am only suggesting this because of my setup.

Try uninstalling Synaptics, install libinput instead and reboot.

Then try Select Area in Tweaks again.

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Sklochkov <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I'm running Synaptics.
>
>
> Device 'ELAN1200:00 04F3:303E Touchpad':
> Device Enabled (174): 1
> Coordinate Transformation Matrix (176): 1.000000, 0.000000,
> 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
> Device Accel Profile (303): 1
> Device Accel Constant Deceleration (304): 2.500000
> Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (305): 1.000000
> Device Accel Velocity Scaling (306): 12.500000
> Synaptics Edges (307): 128, 3072, 118, 2080
> Synaptics Finger (308): 25, 30, 0
> Synaptics Tap Time (309): 180
> Synaptics Tap Move (310): 170
> Synaptics Tap Durations (311): 180, 180, 100
> Synaptics ClickPad (312): 1
> Synaptics Middle Button Timeout (313): 0
> Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure (314): 282
> Synaptics Two-Finger Width (315): 7
> Synaptics Scrolling Distance (316): 77, 77
> Synaptics Edge Scrolling (317): 0, 0, 0
> Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling (318): 1, 1
> Synaptics Move Speed (319): 1.000000, 1.750000, 0.051520,
> 0.000000
> Synaptics Off (320): 0
> Synaptics Locked Drags (321): 0
> Synaptics Locked Drags Timeout (322): 5000
> Synaptics Tap Action (323): 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 2
> Synaptics Click Action (324): 1, 3, 2
> Synaptics Circular Scrolling (325): 0
> Synaptics Circular Scrolling Distance (326): 0.100000
> Synaptics Circular Scrolling Trigger (327): 0
> Synaptics Circular Pad (328): 0
> Synaptics Palm Detection (329): 1
> Synaptics Palm Dimensions (330): 10, 200
> Synaptics Coasting Speed (331): 20.000000, 50.000000
> Synaptics Pressure Motion (332): 30, 160
> Synaptics Pressure Motion Factor (333): 1.000000, 1.000000
> Synaptics Resolution Detect (334): 1
> Synaptics Grab Event Device (335): 0
> Synaptics Gestures (336): 1
> Synaptics Capabilities (337): 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0
> Synaptics Pad Resolution (338): 31, 31
> Synaptics Area (339): 0, 0, 0, 0
> Synaptics Soft Button Areas (340): 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
> Synaptics Noise Cancellation (341): 19, 19
> Device Product ID (300): 1267, 12350
> Device Node (299): "/dev/input/event9"
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1762084
>
> Title:
> Touchpad right-click is not working
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I upgraded from 17.10 to 18.04 and now right clicking on my touchpad
> is not working anymore.
>
> Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)
> Release: 18.04
>
> Expectation: context menu
> Result: no context menu
...

[slimbook (slimbook)]

Hello,
We try Synaptics and Libinput and the problem is same.

The solution of select area in tweeks not is finish solution, right?

Thanks,

[Eyal Lior (eyallior)]

asus ux560u, upgraded from 17.10 to 18.10 today - have no right click. tweaks can emulate right click when TAPPING the right corner of the touchpad - but the touchpad has a physical right button that doesn't do anything.

[Felix Edelmann (fxedel)]

I can confirm eyalliors report, adding that it only works in the most bottem-right place of the corner – I'd expect a larger click area (about 2x2cm).

[Petri Makinen (pemasu)]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028757/touchpad-right-click-doesnt-work-on-touchpad-only-the-buttons-above-it-thinkp

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

Worked for me.

[Enrique Sáez (ganibuntu)]

Same problem as @eyallior and @fxedel: physical right button of touchpad doesn't work. In my case tapping right corner doesn't work neither.

My laptop: Toshiba Satellite P50-B-11L. Upgraded from 16.04
Touchpad buttons are place under the touchpad itself.

I've tried gnome tweaks solution and @pemasu link, which I believe it does the same as tweaks, and none of them worked.

Still a bug somewhere, not just config set up. Any clue?

Thanks

[Enrique Sáez (ganibuntu)]

Rectification: tapping does work but in a very small area. It needs a strong tap to work

[Perec Fix (perecfx)]

tweaks does not fully fixes the problem. In 16.04 I've had (and I've used) both functionalities: two-fingers tap and right bottom touchpad area click. Now if I enable area click in tweaks, the two-fingers tap stops working or vise-versa.
This is regression bug introduced in 18.04. Please, fix this, that right-click works for both cases.