[PATCH xf86-input-synaptics v4 02/10] Check for clickpad property

Chase Douglas chase.douglas at canonical.com
Sun Mar 4 22:34:33 PST 2012


On 03/04/2012 10:08 PM, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 12:42:28PM -0800, Chase Douglas wrote:
>> However, only enable it by default if a right button is physically
>> present. Clickpad support conflicts with click action support, so the
>> user would be left without right button support if there is no physical
>> right button.
>
> uhm, is there any clickpad with a physical right button? painted-on, yes.
> but devices that actually report BTN_RIGHT?

Yes, I happen to own one :). The Dell Mini Inspiron 1011/1012 line of 
netbooks has a clickpad where there are two physical buttons. The top 
80% of the touchpad surface is immobile. The bottom 20% is split into 
two buttons for left and right clicking.

-- Chase


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