[REQUEST] Tap for right click on PowerBook trackpad

[REQUEST] Tap for right click on PowerBook trackpad

[Felix Oxley]

One big reason that I don't use Linux on my PowerBook (1.25 AlBook) is the difficulty of using the single button trackpad.
Under OS X I use SideTrack which provides the ability to tap for right-click.
I did some investigation a few months ago and could not find a Linux replacement for SideTrack.

Would this be a difficult feature to implement?
Would any one be interested in doing it? :-)

(Please CC me as I am not subscribed)
regards,
Felix

Re: [REQUEST] Tap for right click on PowerBook trackpad

[Dustin Lang]

Hi,

On my PowerBook, I map F11 to the middle mouse button and F12 to the right 
mouse button.  I've grown so used to it that I get annoyed when it doesn't 
work in OSX :)

You can do the same by:
-be sure to enable CONFIG_MAC_EMUMOUSEBTN in the kernel config
-at startup time (or whenever):
   echo "1" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
   echo "87" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
   echo "88" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode

Cheers,
dstn.


> One big reason that I don't use Linux on my PowerBook (1.25 AlBook) is 
> the difficulty of using the single button trackpad. Under OS X I use 
> SideTrack which provides the ability to tap for right-click. I did some 
> investigation a few months ago and could not find a Linux replacement 
> for SideTrack.
>
> Would this be a difficult feature to implement?
> Would any one be interested in doing it? :-)
>
> (Please CC me as I am not subscribed)
> regards,
> Felix

Re: [REQUEST] Tap for right click on PowerBook trackpad

[Felix Oxley]

On Thursday 17 November 2005 03:32, Dustin Lang wrote:

> 
> On my PowerBook, I map F11 to the middle mouse button and F12 to the right 
> mouse button.  I've grown so used to it that I get annoyed when it doesn't 
> work in OSX :)
> 

Thanks for your repsonse.
Actually, ububtu which I was experimenting with had this feature enabled by default.
However I find it extremely cumbersome to have to remove my hand form the trackpad in order to press F12.

I believe the Linux trackpad driver can do other specail action such as 'click and drag' or something  similar.
Therefore I was/am hoping that implementing tap for right click would be possible.

(please cc me as I am not subscribed)
cheers,
Felix

Re: [REQUEST] Tap for right click on PowerBook trackpad

[Olivier Mehani]

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On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:34:29 +0000
Felix Oxley <lkml@oxley.org> wrote:
> Actually, ububtu which I was experimenting with had this feature
> enabled by default. However I find it extremely cumbersome to have to
> remove my hand form the trackpad in order to press F12.

If I'm not mistaken, the default mapping are fn+Alt for right click and
fn+Ctrl for middle click, which I find much more convenient than F11
and F12 on my iBook (closer to the trackpad).

> I believe the Linux trackpad driver can do other specail action such
> as 'click and drag' or something  similar. Therefore I was/am hoping
> that implementing tap for right click would be possible.

I'm adding my own question as it is almost the same topic:
Is it possible to have the same behavior as with synaptics touchpads
(scrolling) ? I've googled but didn't find any sure answer.

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Olivier Mehani <shtrom@ssji.net>
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