Bug 1044013 - 'Tap to click' should be turned on by default in anaconda and gnome desktop.
Summary: 'Tap to click' should be turned on by default in anaconda and gnome desktop.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xorg-x11-drv-synaptics
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Peter Hutterer
QA Contact: Desktop QE
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-12-17 15:38 UTC by Artur Szymczak
Modified: 2013-12-24 00:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-12-24 00:46:12 UTC
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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 
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