Comment 0 for bug 932947

"ClickPad" devices are those with the buttons integrated into the touch surface. Examples include most newer Synaptics touchpads and all Apple multitouch touchpads. These devices currently have poor support for click and drag. When the user presses with one finger and then tries to drag the cursor with a second finger, the cursor stops either sits there or begins scrolling. Also, the current behavior makes no distinction between left and right click button areas.

The proposed feature enables click and drag with two fingers. Optionally, a right button area may be enabled which allows for presses in the area to be sent as right button events instead of left button events.

The current patches may be found at: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~cndougla/xf86-input-synaptics/log/?h=clickpad-v2. The changes include everything newer than the "master" tag.

The support impacts the normal flow of events for clickpad devices. To be sure of minimal breakage, a call-for-testing has been sent. I will update this bug with more information when the CFT closes.