Does touchpads have buttons?

Simon Thum simon.thum at gmx.de
Mon Sep 29 03:57:39 PDT 2008


Søren Hauberg wrote:
> 2008/9/29 Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net>:
>> I'd say that most if not all touchpads have a physical button too, so no button would probably be a good indicator for a touchscreen.
> 
> Thanks! So, I guess something like the attached patch could be used to
> handle the two types of devices differently.
Sorry, I wanted to suggest that in reply but missed it. Anyway, be aware 
that as your patch is now, you're also triggering on absolute axes you 
can't handle/don't know. I'd consider that a regression.



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