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[Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Precise, the uTouch gesture stack sits on the client side of X. For
it to work properly, touch events need to be emitted. Unfortunately, if
the X synaptics input module is listening for three touch gestures
(three touch tap for middle click, for example), this will prevent the X
server from sending touch events, which blocks uTouch gestures.

We decided to disable three touch gestures in X synaptics by default. It
is still possible to enable them by using xorg.conf or the
synclient/xinput utilities. For example:

$ synclient TapButton3=2

will enable three-tap to middle click emulation.

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Won't Fix

** No longer affects: utouch

** No longer affects: unity (Ubuntu)

** No longer affects: unity

** Changed in: mactel-support
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/754000

Title:
  Running Unity disables Xorg's 3-finger click support (middle click)

Status in Mactel Support:
  Invalid
Status in “xserver-xorg-input-synaptics” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Xorg fails to recognize a 3-finger click as a middle-button-click when
  Unity is running and instead thinks it's a left-click.  This bug only
  happens in Unity 3D. It does not happen with Unity 2D or Gnome Shell.

  Please note this bug is about physically "clicking" a clickpad with 3
  fingers. 3 finger tapping is different and has been intentionally
  overridden in Unity 3D by new gestures.

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