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GNOME 3.10 ReleasedGNOME 3.10 ReleasedPosted Sep 29, 2013 21:53 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)In reply to: GNOME 3.10 Released by rsidd Parent article: GNOME 3.10 Released
I see a very large percentage of the people who are using laptops using them as a portable desktop, i.e. they take it from one location with a keyboard/mouse/monitor to another similarly equipped.
I also see a lot of the users who use their laptops in other places pull out a 'real' mouse and plug it in.
No, it's not every laptop, but it's a rather large percentage of laptop users.
I also see laptops with the edge of their touchpad configured to act as a scroll wheel, that's a third button.
It's not nearly as uncommon to have a third button as you think.
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GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 29, 2013 22:04 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] I also see laptops with the edge of their touchpad configured to act as a scroll wheel, that's a third button. Are you sure? I've worked with a few such models, and yes, touchpad was able to emulate scroll well (in fact you can pick if you want edge scroll or two-finger scroll), but it was not able to emulate third button. What kind of driver do you need to enable this functionality?
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 29, 2013 22:11 UTC (Sun) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]
with at least a couple brands of laptops it didn't require any special driver. The system apparently saw it the same as a mouse wheel on a normal mouse. this wasn't just a matter of 'use the edge' there was actually a ridge separating the 'wheel' portion from the main portion, and tapping on the wheel portion clicked the third button.
GNOME 3.10 Released Posted Sep 29, 2013 22:31 UTC (Sun) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]
Any Synaptics touchpad can be configured to emulate middle-click if you click on a special zone.
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