Comment 7 for bug 1617718

My touchpad can support multi-finger taps, and I assure you, three-finger
tap for middle-click does NOT work. Only the top-right corner tap does.

On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 9:44 AM Chris Perry <email address hidden>
wrote:

> This bug concerns middle click - but a similar point surely applies to
> right click. Logically it would make sense if the following is correct:
>
> If you have a touchpad and "Tap to click" is turned on then:
>
> 1. If your touchpad supports multi-finger taps, middle-click by tapping
> with three fingers at once otherwise middle-click by tapping once in the
> top right corner.
>
> 2. If your touchpad supports multi-finger taps, right-click by tapping
> with two fingers at once, otherwise right-click by tapping once in the
> bottom right corner.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1617718
>
> Title:
> Desktop Guide Middle-click Tips & tricks outdated
>
> Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> The Tips & tricks page for Middle-click is clearly outdated. It
> mentions three-finger tap to emulate middle-clicks, but since a few
> releases back, middle-click emulation is done by tapping the top-right
> corner.
>
> I'm just reporting what I noticed while Googling around, so there's
> orobably more factual errors around. This bug report is to bring
> attention to the issue.
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