At Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:20:20 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 08:11:05AM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote: > > At Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:03:43 -0800, > > Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:52:00PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote: > > > > * Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 06:05:06PM -0700, Alex Chiang wrote: > > > > > > * Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The updated patch is below. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > Dmitry > > > > > > > > > > > > Should I test this one or wait one more iteration to address > > > > > > Takashi's last comments? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually I think we took the wrong direction with the original patch and > > > > > we should do what other buttonless devices (bcm5974) do: report touchpad > > > > > click as left button and have Synaptics X driver provide enhanced > > > > > support. This way we can have both modes (ClickZones and ClickButtons) > > > > > and users will get to chose (provided that someone takes time to add > > > > > that support to Synaptics driver of course ;) ). > > > > > > > > > > Could you tell me if the below works for you? > > > > > > > > Left clicks work. Right/middle do not (as expected, I guess). > > > > > > > > I liked the behaviour of Takashi's patch a little better wrt what > > > > happens when you try to click/drag, because he disabled movement > > > > in the click area. > > > > > > Are the clicks register only in that special area? Reading Synaptics > > > product description it sounds like entire surface should be clickable. > > > > In the case of ClickZone, the click in the button area is taken as > > clicks, if I understand correctly. > > > > The problem is, however, not about where to click. It's about the > > precision. When you click a pad, your finger slips a little bit in > > millimeter. This already corresponds to a few pixels, and the pointer > > moves away from the point you wanted to click. > > > > Right, this will have to be dealt with in X driver. > > > In my original patch, I disabled the pointer movement in the button > > area before click for avoiding this problem. > > > > However it will not work if you want to do 'ClickButtons' mode where > you don't assign secific areas for clicking. Yes. And the area is more or less fixed. Takashi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
