Comment 35 for bug 365952
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(In reply to comment #28)
> I just git checkout/compiled and must say that this patch is not yet working
> correctly :(
>
> I have a macbook pro here and this machine also does not have a visible mouse
> button, but only one below the touchpad.
>
> When I use my thumb to click at the very bottom of the pad and then my index
> finger to move the mouse cursor the pad will simply say: Two fingers detected I
> will do twofinger scrolling. This happens even with AreaBottomEdge defined
> leaving enough room for my thumb.
>
> I just checked how OSX handles this and indeed as soon as I click below some
> AreaBottomEdge (say vertically 650-800) the finger is not counted - so here my
> index finger works nice for moving the mouse.
>
> So I would propose to do the same here: Either substract the number of fingers
> by one or ignore finger presses in that area (whatever is easier).
>
Ok, it looks like I neglected multi-touch touchpads.
What happens in OSX when you use you thumb to click and then put two fingers outside of the AreaBottomEdge (i.e. its equivalent in OSX) and move them? Do you get two finger scrolling? What happens with 3 fingers (if it makes any difference)?