touchpad pointer vibration on click
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I'm on Ubuntu 14.04LTS, although this is probably a general synaptics driver issue. (I hope this is the right tracker to file the bug).
My Laptop is an Acer v5-573.
This bug is regarding newer touch pads that have their buttons integrated in the sensitive area instead of having separate buttons away from the actual touchpad area. AKA clickpads.
Expected: to be able to use the "deep" or "hard" clicks on the touchpad to drag and drop and "right click".
What happenned:
Both when clicking and holding the click and when right clicking, there is "shaking" or "vibration" in the pointer; this makes difficult two tasks that are performed regularly:
Task 1: I am trying to drag and drop. I press the touchpad with one finger and while holding, use another finger to move the object I want to drop. The pointer "shakes" or "vibrates" while the first finger is pressed, making it hard to deposit the item where it should. What is wrong? Answer: The information sent by the finger that is "hard pressing" the touch pad should be ignored and not be translated into movements of the pointer.
Task 2: I want to right click on a link by hard pressing on the lower right corner of the touch pad. The pointer jumps and misses the actual link, right clicking somewhere else. What is wrong? The movement of the finger after the hard press and while it is being released is still used as input for movement; flagging the hard press and generating different behavior after it should solve the problem.
These problems do not happen in windows, it is not a "bad quality hardware" issue, it is a driver tweaking issue.
The general idea: fix the driver for this kind of new touch pad by filtering the information sent from the sensitive area when "hard clicks" are detected.
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| tags: | added: clickpad |
| description: | updated |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| penalvch (penalvch) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.