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xserver-xorg-input-synaptics package

  1. Bug #365952
  2. Comment #33

Comment 33 for bug 365952

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In , Soeren Sonnenburg (bugreports-nn7) wrote :

I just git checkout/compiled and must say that this patch is not yet working correctly :(

I have a macbook pro here and this machine also does not have a visible mouse button, but only one below the touchpad.

When I use my thumb to click at the very bottom of the pad and then my index finger to move the mouse cursor the pad will simply say: Two fingers detected I will do twofinger scrolling. This happens even with AreaBottomEdge defined leaving enough room for my thumb.

I just checked how OSX handles this and indeed as soon as I click below some AreaBottomEdge (say vertically 650-800) the finger is not counted - so here my index finger works nice for moving the mouse.

So I would propose to do the same here: Either substract the number of fingers by one or ignore finger presses in that area (whatever is easier).