Comment 2 for bug 1633851

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Oxwivi (oxwivi) wrote : Re: [Bug 1633851] Re: Middle-click clipboard no longer works

Whether the equivalent tap exists or not is besides the point, because, for
one, libinput is supposed to handle what kind of tap it is, and second,
middle-clicks are still triggered by tapping top-right corner of the
touchpad.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:31 AM Daniel van Vugt <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> The equivalent touchpad tap actually doesn't exist in Xorg by default
> anymore. To get it back (click with three fingers) you need:
> synclient ClickFinger3=2
>
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> Title:
> Middle-click clipboard no longer works
>
> Status in Canonical System Image:
> New
> Status in content-hub package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu:
> New
> Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Under X, any selected text would be automatically be added to a
> seperate clipboard whose contents could be pasted by pressing the
> middle-click button or the equivalent touchpad tap.
>
> I understand it's an X functionality, and I'm asking it to be
> implemented in Mir.
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