synaptics touchpad doesn't click
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From: Dmitry Torokhov on 16 Dec 2009 12:50 On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:31:59AM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote: > * Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov(a)gmail.com>: > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:52:00PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote: > > > * Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov(a)gmail.com>: > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 06:05:06PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote: > > > > > * Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov(a)gmail.com>: > > > > > > > > > > > > The updated patch is below. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Dmitry > > > > > > > > > > Should I test this one or wait one more iteration to address > > > > > Takashi's last comments? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I think we took the wrong direction with the original patch and > > > > we should do what other buttonless devices (bcm5974) do: report touchpad > > > > click as left button and have Synaptics X driver provide enhanced > > > > support. This way we can have both modes (ClickZones and ClickButtons) > > > > and users will get to chose (provided that someone takes time to add > > > > that support to Synaptics driver of course ;) ). > > > > > > > > Could you tell me if the below works for you? > > > > > > Left clicks work. Right/middle do not (as expected, I guess). > > > > > > I liked the behaviour of Takashi's patch a little better wrt what > > > happens when you try to click/drag, because he disabled movement > > > in the click area. > > > > Are the clicks register only in that special area? Reading Synaptics > > product description it sounds like entire surface should be clickable. > > Well, maybe in theory the entire surface is clickable. > > My observation is that the physical design resembles a lever on a > fulcrum though, with the fulcrum at the edge near the keyboard. > > Pressing the click zone is mechanically nice, since you are away > from the fulcrum. Moving "up" towards the keyboard, there seems > to be much less mechanical advantage, and the surface doesn't > seem so clicky. > I am going off the following: http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/products/clickpad I am no sure whether there are 2 different flavors or if they are all the same and the only difference is whether the buttons are marked or not. > But really, I was talking about what Takashi mentioned in a later > mail, namely that trying to actually click with the click zone in > a precise manner is difficult because as you press the surface > down, the touch pad registers some movement, and moves the > pointer away from the area you're trying to click. > > Fitts would have a fit. ;) That will have to be handled in synaptics X driver. -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |