Disable touchpad clicking

Nathan P · 2008-04-01 21:56:14

I'm wondering if I can disable tap clicking with the touchpad? I want to just use the dedicated buttons as with the single click to open scheme in linux (which I like, it's nice and fast and it doesn't malfunction if you don't click at just the right speed... lol)

Also, I have it setup so that in Firefox a horizontal scrolling motion across the very bottom of the touchpad goes back/forward. The sensitivity is off, a small movement will send me four pages back. How do I adjust this? It's setup using the Synaptics/evdev driver.

Thanks,
Nathan

new2arch · 2008-04-02 06:47:03

If you use gnome, you could install gsynaptics (together with synaptics) for a nice GUI taking care of the parameters.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

Last edited by new2arch (2008-04-02 06:48:17)

tomk · 2008-04-02 10:37:21

Or you can edit the synaptics parameters directly in xorg.conf.

new2arch · 2008-04-02 19:06:55

tomk wrote:

Or you can edit the synaptics parameters directly in xorg.conf.

...the true Arch way. :-D

Nathan P · 2008-04-02 19:37:59

What would I edit to change the scrolling speed? I think an "Option "MaxTapTime" "0" or something like that would work for disabling the tapping.

ibendiben · 2008-04-02 20:54:13

Wouldn't it be a better idea to change the behaviour of the corners of your touchpad? Maybe you can set them up so lower left becomes back, lower right goes forward. For this you have to have a look at your about:config page in firefox too. Further you should see "man synaptics" for all options (you should always use man <program>! That is where it was made for). Anyway, I copied some important passages for you:

(...)
The driver behavior can be configured with parameters. These parameters are options in the InputDevice section in the XOrg/XFree86
config file.
(...)
RTCornerButton (Integer)
Which mouse button is reported on a right top corner tap. Set to 0 to disable.
RBCornerButton (Integer)
Which mouse button is reported on a right bottom corner tap. Set to 0 to disable.
LTCornerButton (Integer)
Which mouse button is reported on a left top corner tap. Set to 0 to disable.
LBCornerButton (Integer)
Which mouse button is reported on a left bottom corner tap. Set to 0 to disable.
(...)
The LeftEdge, RightEdge, TopEdge and BottomEdge parameters are used to define the edge and corner areas of the touchpad.
(...)
The MinSpeed, MaxSpeed and AccelFactor parameters control the pointer motion speed. The speed value defines the scaling between
touchpad coordinates and screen coordinates. When moving the finger very slowly, the MinSpeed value is used, when moving very fast
the MaxSpeed value is used. When moving the finger at moderate speed, you get a pointer motion speed somewhere between MinSpeed
and MaxSpeed. If you don't want any acceleration, set MinSpeed and MaxSpeed to the same value.
(...)
VertScrollDelta (Integer)
Move distance of the finger for a scroll event.
HorizScrollDelta (Integer)
Move distance of the finger for a scroll event.
(...)
The MinSpeed, MaxSpeed and AccelFactor parameters don't have any effect on scrolling speed. Scrolling speed is determined solely
from the VertScrollDelta and HorizScrollDelta parameters. To disable vertical or horizontal scrolling, set VertScrollDelta or
HorizScrollDelta to zero.

From this it appears that to change scrolling speed, you will have to configure the Vert/HorizScrollDelta integer value in the InputDevice part from your touchpad in xorg.conf.

Nathan P · 2008-04-02 23:03:09

I like it the way it is as I can just scroll through multiple pages with a smooth motion, it's just too sensitive. Would I raise or lower the integer value to change the scroll speed?

ibendiben · 2008-04-03 07:05:54

Try it out

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#1 2008-04-01 21:56:14

Disable touchpad clicking

#2 2008-04-02 06:47:03

Re: Disable touchpad clicking

#3 2008-04-02 10:37:21

Re: Disable touchpad clicking

#4 2008-04-02 19:06:55

Re: Disable touchpad clicking

#5 2008-04-02 19:37:59

Re: Disable touchpad clicking

#6 2008-04-02 20:54:13

Re: Disable touchpad clicking

#7 2008-04-02 23:03:09

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