Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1491537
Unreliable palm detection on touchpad edges
Last modified: 2018-04-10 07:53:02 EDT
Description of problem: Touching the touchpad at the far edge bottom half of the touchpad can trigger tap events even while typing. This causes random clicks on the desktop. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libinput 1.6.* How reproducible: sudo libinput-debug-events --enable-tap --set-click-method=clickfinger Then with one hand keep pressing 'a' and while doing so tap the touchpad in the bottom half, right or left edge of the touchpad. The tap has to be really close to the edge, within the last 5mm. This will trigger a BTN_LEFT event even though the tap should be ignored. Additional info: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415796
libinput-1.6.3-3.el7 is available in brew
Using the reproducer in the description, I can see that all edge taps are ignored while trying to type.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2018:0736