Feature #7779: Revisit default touchpad settings

Feature #7779

Revisit default touchpad settings

Added by intrigeri 2014-08-13 20:17:35 . Updated 2015-02-24 22:50:12 .

Status:

Resolved

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Category:

Hardware support

Target version:

Tails_1.3

Start date:

2014-08-13

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:

feature/7779-revisit-touchpad-settings

Type of work:

Code

Blueprint:

https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/touchpad/

Starter:

Affected tool:

Deliverable for:

Description

Depending on their IT background, users are more or less confused by Tails default touchpad settings. E.g. the lack of “tap to click” and of “two-fingers scroll” is painful on Mac hardware, and for Mac users. It could be tempting to enable these features by default in Tails. OTOH, unless drivers support “disable touchpad while typing” very well, “tap to click” is very painful.

See the blueprint for a survey of what other operating systems do, and ideas.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - ~~Feature #5979~~: Persistence preset: mouse and touchpad settings	Confirmed
Related to Tails - Feature #5722: Default to Mac keyboard layout on Mac hardware	Confirmed
Related to Tails - ~~Bug #9011~~: Opening Florence virtual keyboard disables touchpad	Resolved	2015-03-04
Related to Tails - ~~Feature #11969~~: Revisit scrolling settings, Stretch edition	Resolved	2016-11-20
Has duplicate Tails - ~~Feature #8411~~: Touchpad tapping	Duplicate	2014-12-09

History

#1 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-13 20:17:59

related to ~~Feature #5979~~: Persistence preset: mouse and touchpad settings added

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-08-13 20:25:15

Description updated

#3 Updated by BitingBird 2014-12-19 12:39:47

has duplicate ~~Feature #8411~~: Touchpad tapping added

#4 Updated by sajolida 2014-12-30 15:41:06

I’ve seen that this has been added to the agenda for the January meeting but the ticket is still in Research state and has never been assigned to anybody.

Has enough research been done? Do we have enough information?
I understand that the question here is whether or not we should enable tap to click by default. Anything else?

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-01 18:59:09

sajolida wrote:
> * Has enough research been done? Do we have enough information?

My existing research was done a year ago, so it could be worth updating it. It’s also lacking data about Windows default settings. So IMO we can’t really discuss that topic yet.

> * I understand that the question here is whether or not we should enable tap to click by default. Anything else?

If we are going to change the default touchpad settings, then I think we should aim to do it all at once. So IMO we should decide something for all four major available settings.

#6 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-02 21:11:58

related to Feature #5722: Default to Mac keyboard layout on Mac hardware added

#7 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-03 20:29:02

During the meeting we agreed that a reasonnable config would be: tap-to-click, 2-fingers scroll, disable while typing, no reverse scrolling.

#8 Updated by BitingBird 2015-01-03 20:33:20

Type of work changed from Research to Code

#9 Updated by sajolida 2015-01-03 20:33:27

Microsoft recommendations: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn614020%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

#10 Updated by sajolida 2015-01-03 23:46:35

During the January meeting, we agreed that reasonable defaults would be:

tap-to-click
2-fingers scroll
disable while typing
no reverse scrolling

https://tails.boum.org/contribute/meetings/201501/

#11 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-07 10:14:06

File <del>missing: 0001-Implement-new-touchpad-settings-Will-Fix-7779.patch</del> added
Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
Assignee set to intrigeri
Target version set to Tails_1.3
% Done changed from 0 to 10

Attached patch should do the job.

#12 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-14 22:23:41

Feature Branch set to feature/7779-revisit-touchpad-settings

#13 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-14 22:24:01

File deleted (~~0001-Implement-new-touchpad-settings-Will-Fix-7779.patch~~)

#14 Updated by Tails 2015-01-14 22:24:33

Applied in changeset commit:40300a84ed80595b3a06aecd35c3a93d5affb0d2.

#15 Updated by intrigeri 2015-01-15 04:42:56

Seems to work, except in the Greeter. Need to patch /etc/gdm3/greeter.gsettings, beware of compatibility with config/chroot_local-patches/gdm-background.diff.