The default settings on Ubuntu did not work well with me. Here’s what I’ve did to configure according to my taste.
Create a file 52-synaptics.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.d directory . The configuration files in this directory are processed in alphabetical order. Therefore, prefixing the file with 52 ensures that the default settings in 50-synaptics.conf file are overruled.
Section "InputClass" Identifier "touchpad" Driver "synaptics" MatchIsTouchpad "on" # Tap is left click only, 2 finger click -> right button, 3 finger click -> middle button Option "TapButton2" "0" Option "ClickFinger2" "3" Option "ClickFinger3" "2" # enable horizontal two-finger scrolling (vertical is enabled by default) Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1" # configure softbutton areas # only enable the bottom right corner as right click. Disable middle click completely. Disable trackpoint right click on the top section. Option "SoftButtonAreas" "80% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0" Option "SecondarySoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection
You need to restart the display manager with the following command sudo lightdm restart .
Additionally, the “disable touchpad while typing” option in the mouse settings didn’t work. To fix,
- Make sure the option “disable touchpad while typing” is unchecked. Otherwise touchpad might not work correctly.
- Add the following command to the startup applications. syndaemon -i 1 -R -d -K