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Tap-to-click does not work on the GDM login screen

Bug #1711538 reported by Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Settings Daemon
Won't Fix
Medium
gnome-control-center
Fix Released
Unknown
gdm3 (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Unassigned

Bug Description

Tap-to-click does not work in GDM login

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: gdm3 3.25.90.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.12.0-11.12-generic 4.12.5
Uname: Linux 4.12.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Fri Aug 18 16:16:56 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-04 (105 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170503)
SourcePackage: gdm3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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In , Diazbastian (diazbastian) wrote :

I introduced this bug in fedora, (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=912886) and I've seen other distros that use GNOME with this capability enabled by default, but suggested I leave the bug in GNOME Bugzilla.

As I write in the fedora bug left as is customary for this ability (tap to click) is enabled by default in other systems (OS X, Windows and other linux distros). This leaves the feeling that something is not working.

I suggest that this capability is enabled by default.

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In , Diazbastian (diazbastian) wrote :

I have in mind that this idea was discussed along with other bug 651134 , however, not clear to me its not included as default feature.

I hope they can discuss this idea for Gnome 3.10.

- Contrary to what I said in the comment above, OS X computers do not necessarily have this feature enabled by default, but consider that Apple has a grip on your hardware and how this is controlled.

- It may be an argument of "habit", but if this feature is enabled on other systems (Windows and Linux), there is customary to use (although there are physical buttons)

- I'm not expert in user interface design or usability, in the case that this is due to a "particular workflow," When "tap to click", could activate automatically in GDM?

thanks

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In , Bugzilla-x (bugzilla-x) wrote :

http://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/tapping.html says:
"
Tapping is disabled by default, see this commit because:
- if you don't know that tapping is a thing (or enabled by default), you get spurious button events that make the desktop feel buggy.
- if you do know what tapping is and you want it, you usually know where to enable it, or at least you can search for it.
"

So the default won't be changed I'm afraid.

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Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman (fenris) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Two questions:
  * What model laptop are you using?
  * Does tap-to-click start working after login?

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman (fenris) wrote :

* What model laptop are you using?
- Lenovo Thinkpad X240

* Does tap-to-click start working after login?
- yes

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Tap-to-click does not work in GDM login
+ Tap-to-click does not work in GDM login on ThinkPad X240
Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
importance: Undecided → Medium
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
summary: - Tap-to-click does not work in GDM login on ThinkPad X240
+ Tap-to-click does not work on the GDM login screen
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Vasya Pupkin (shadowlmd) wrote :

  * What model laptop are you using?
Acer V3-771G / Acer V5-171G

  * Does tap-to-click start working after login?
Yes

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Eugene Romanenko (eros2) wrote :

Same issue on Lenovo Flex 14 laptop and 17.10.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

There is an upstream bug about that on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785855

Changed in gdm3 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
importance: Medium → Wishlist
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Having it on by default was rejected in https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=694304

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Vasya Pupkin (shadowlmd) wrote :

Yeah, with an absolutely stupid comment. Anyway, there should be a way to enable it for login screen otherwise this commend is totally invalid and bug should be reopened.

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Olivier Febwin (febcrash) wrote :

:/

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Alex (alex-1992) wrote :

Is this the same problem I'm currently experiencing on 18.04? Started to wonder if it froze as tap to click didn't work. The default setting in Ubuntu seems to be tap-to-click enabled, so it should probably work by default on the login screen too, for the sake of consistency.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gdm:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Expired
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Chris Rainey (ckrzen) wrote :

Upstream bug-watch(Launchpad does not track GitLab, so here it is):

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/issues/124

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: bionic
removed: artful
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: Unknown → New
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
no longer affects: gdm
tags: added: eoan
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → Won't Fix
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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JP Meijers (jpm) wrote :

On a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 install I ran into this same issue. Tap to click works fine on the desktop, but it does not work on the login screen. The inconsistent behaviour can be very confusing.

Won't it be best to make the behaviour on the login screen and on the desktop match?

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: focal
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Lex Ross (lross) wrote :

Same thing with Ubuntu 22.04

Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
tags: added: jammy
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-control-center:
status: New → Fix Released
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Alexander Browne (elcste) wrote :

Still an issue with current releases. Default GNOME/libinputa doesn't enable tap-to-click, but Ubuntu does for the GNOME desktop, and therefore it should also for GDM.

Easy workaround posted in duplicate bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual-tests/+bug/1968315/comments/1

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