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[Bug 754000] Re: Running Unity disables Xorg's 3-finger click support (middle click)

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From: Daniel van Vugt <vanvugt@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 05:34:50 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 754000 <754000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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In this case, a *click* means you have a clickpad which itself is one
big button that can be depressed and makes a clicking sound. Like on an
Apple Macbook, Magic Trackpad, or some HP laptops. Particularly, the
button of a clickpad can be pressed and released without the fingers
lifting off the clickpad/touchpad. So clicking a clickpad is different
to tapping on a touchpad.

I have two suggestions that might work on an EeePC:

1. [Alex's workaround] Touch each finger down at a slightly different
time. This seems to bypass the gesture recognition and lets you do a
good-old middle button tap.

2. Use the buttons on your touchpad - Pressing both at the same time
should generate a middle click. Run "man synaptics" for more info on
that.

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

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