Bug 1044013

Summary:	'Tap to click' should be turned on by default in anaconda and gnome desktop.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Artur Szymczak <ajes+redhat>
Component:	xorg-x11-drv-synaptics	Assignee:	Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Description Artur Szymczak 2013-12-17 15:38:15 UTC

Description of problem:
In anaconda and gnome desktop, synaptics 'tap to click' should be turned on by default. Not always people have mouse with laptops, and taping is more convenient then pressing touchpad buttons.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.7.1-7.el7.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run anaconda and try to 'tap'.
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Actual results:
Taping in anaconda not working.
In gnome, you can turn it on in gnome settings.

Expected results:
Tapping should work by default when you have touchpad.

Additional info:

Comment 2 Peter Hutterer 2013-12-24 00:28:14 UTC

There are plenty of arguments for/against tapping by default but we've decided that tapping off by default is the better, safer choice. Tapping can produce spurious clicks that button clicks are less likely to generate. The current synaptics driver is not capable of reliably detecting these spurious clicks, so overall it's safer to have this off by default than accidental clicks.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2013-12-24 00:46:12 UTC

Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.
You may appeal this decision by reopening this request.