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/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/52-custom-synaptics.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad catchall"
Driver "synaptics"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# disable synaptics driver pointer acceleration
Option "MinSpeed" "1"
Option "MaxSpeed" "20"
# tweak the X-server pointer acceleration
Option "AccelerationProfile" "2"
Option "AdaptiveDeceleration" "10"
Option "ConstantDeceleration" "10"
Option "VelocityScale" "54"
Option "TapButton1" "1" # left click with one finger tap
Option "TapButton2" "3" # middle click with three finger tap
Option "TapButton3" "2" # right click with two finger tap
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
EndSection
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchOS "Linux"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection
# This option enables the bottom right corner to be a right button on
# non-synaptics clickpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Default clickpad buttons"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "60% 0 0 8% 40% 60% 0 8%"
# To disable the bottom edge area so the buttons only work as buttons,
# not for movement, set the AreaBottomEdge
Option "AreaTopEdge" "8%"
EndSection
# This option disables software buttons on Apple touchpads.
# This option is only interpreted by clickpads.
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Disable clickpad buttons on Apple touchpads"
MatchProduct "Apple|bcm5974"
MatchDriver "synaptics"
Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
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