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Does Linux offer tap to click? Of all the many things I love about trackpads on the Mac, tap to click is very close to the top. Such a tremendous reduction of f

Does Linux offer tap to click? Of all the many things I love about trackpads on the Mac, tap to click is very close to the top. Such a tremendous reduction of friction.

spiderfarmer 7y ago
It's not default behaviour on MacOS. So many people are missing out.
- macintux 7y ago
  Not only not default, but at least pre-Catalina it’s buried in accessibility. Haven’t run Catalina yet so don’t know whether that’s changed.
  - satysin 7y ago
    In Mojave and Catalina it is an option in Trackpad preferences rather than accessibility. https://i.imgur.com/d0EeOG7.png https://i.imgur.com/d0EeOG7.png
    - LeoNatan25 7y ago
      I think this has been there for a very long time, but my mind could be playing tricks on me.
      - macintux 7y ago
        Actually, I just remembered it’s the 3-finger drag that’s well hidden inside accessibility. Mea culpa.
        satysin 7y ago
        Ah yes the three-finger drag is still hidden away in accessibility. It is one of the few options I enable there, such a great option I am kind of surprised it isn't the default as once you use it it becomes so natural.
diffeomorphism 7y ago
Does any OS not offer tap to click?
Tajnymag 7y ago
Sure it does. However, it's often not enabled by default. Try to look into the input > touchpad settings in the control panel of your chosen distro. If this setting isn't there, try setting that option in your xorg/libinput configs.
commoner 7y ago
Yes. The Fedora Wiki has instructions for enabling tap to click on GNOME, KDE, and XFCE: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_enable_touchpad_click https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_enable_touchpad_click
Yetanfou 7y ago
In the dawn of time when Cirque [1] launched the glidepoint - the mother of all touchpads - I used touch to click on Linux and OS/2. To give an idea of how long ago this is, the thing was connected to the PC through a 9-pin serial interface, just like the mouse which it was meant to replace. I still have the device, it still works although the plastic shell and the buttons have undergone quite a few repairs. Touch to click is more or less as old as the idea of a touchpad. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_Corporation

Does Linux offer tap to click? Of all the many things I love about trackpads on the Mac, tap to click is very close to the top. Such a tremendous reduction of friction.

spiderfarmer 7y ago

It's not default behaviour on MacOS. So many people are missing out.

macintux 7y ago
Not only not default, but at least pre-Catalina it’s buried in accessibility. Haven’t run Catalina yet so don’t know whether that’s changed.
- satysin 7y ago
  In Mojave and Catalina it is an option in Trackpad preferences rather than accessibility. https://i.imgur.com/d0EeOG7.png https://i.imgur.com/d0EeOG7.png
  - LeoNatan25 7y ago
    I think this has been there for a very long time, but my mind could be playing tricks on me.
    - macintux 7y ago
      Actually, I just remembered it’s the 3-finger drag that’s well hidden inside accessibility. Mea culpa.
      - satysin 7y ago
        Ah yes the three-finger drag is still hidden away in accessibility. It is one of the few options I enable there, such a great option I am kind of surprised it isn't the default as once you use it it becomes so natural.

diffeomorphism 7y ago

Does any OS not offer tap to click?

Tajnymag 7y ago

Sure it does. However, it's often not enabled by default. Try to look into the input > touchpad settings in the control panel of your chosen distro. If this setting isn't there, try setting that option in your xorg/libinput configs.

commoner 7y ago

Yes. The Fedora Wiki has instructions for enabling tap to click on GNOME, KDE, and XFCE: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_enable_touchpad_click https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_enable_touchpad_click

Yetanfou 7y ago

In the dawn of time when Cirque [1] launched the glidepoint - the mother of all touchpads - I used touch to click on Linux and OS/2. To give an idea of how long ago this is, the thing was connected to the PC through a 9-pin serial interface, just like the mouse which it was meant to replace. I still have the device, it still works although the plastic shell and the buttons have undergone quite a few repairs. Touch to click is more or less as old as the idea of a touchpad. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_Corporation