On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:38:55AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2014 at 03:57:25PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > > From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > ForcePads are found on HP EliteBook 1040 laptops. They lack any kind of > > physical buttons, instead they generate primary button click when user > > presses somewhat hard on the surface of the touchpad. Unfortunately they > > also report primary button click whenever there are 2 or more contacts > > on the pad, messing up all multi-finger gestures (2-finger scrolling, > > multi-finger tapping, etc). To cope with this behavior we introduce a > > delay (currently 50 msecs) in reporting primary press in case more > > contacts appear. > > can we assign INPUT_PROP_FORCEPAD to this? or PRESSUREPAD or something if > we're worried about trademarks. This is something I'd like to know in > userspace, we can then ignore clicks completely and do the rest ourselves. Hmm, I think we can, but I'd like to wait to see if there are more models with such touchpads (I sure hope there isn't; lack of tactile feedback on presses is not the best user experience so I hope this initiative dies a quick death). Thanks. -- Dmitry -- 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
