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Idea #2722: OSX like touchpad drivers

Written by krystianolech the 3 Mar 08 at 12:46. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
In mac os x touchpad drivers works perfect. You can scroling in two sides, press second button with macbook touchpad witch got only one key and touchpad with any special space for scroling. I want mac os like drivers to scroling with notebook touchpad - if it is posible.
Scroling in touchpad in osx looks like that:
you put two fingers on touchpad and slide they up or down.


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You can enable this fairly easily with xinput now, and there should be an option in the GUI for Jaunty.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2722
Written by krystianolech the 3 Mar 08 at 12:46.
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Auzy wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 13:13
Apple actually used to use synaptic sensors (and changed to their own in the late Powerbooks, the model where the touch pad was slow to respond).

This is plausible, and 2 finger scrolling is beneficial.

+1

viraptor wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 13:45
It's possible already:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=516798

Would need some more love to enable via gui though. (synclient might help with configuration)

jojoman02 wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 19:46
ADD:
Option "TwoFingerScroll " "1"
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"

To your inputdevice section section in xorg.conf,
ALSO: you might only need to add just the first line or just the last 2 lines or all 3 depending on your version of the touchpad drivers.


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