summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorChase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com>2012-02-06 17:33:11 -0800
committerPeter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>2012-03-14 08:47:05 +1000
commit405f1643e26b57ee97063e76e71179ba8e9fbc92 (patch)
tree77aeec32654a431f91aa064f6b2c60cdbfd1e4e6 /man
parentf198522064501726d76bef4e11c02cfc778bb0c5 (diff)
Add soft button areas property
Some clickpad devices have button areas painted on them. Set this property to the area of the right and middle buttons to enable proper click actions when clicking in the areas. Signed-off-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@canonical.com> Reviewed-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/synaptics.man22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/synaptics.man b/man/synaptics.man
index 8edc2f0..aaec35f 100644
--- a/man/synaptics.man
+++ b/man/synaptics.man
@@ -518,6 +518,20 @@ AreaBottomEdge option to any integer value other than zero. If supported by the
server (version 1.9 and later), the edge may be specified in percent of
the total height of the touchpad. Property: "Synaptics Area"
.
+.TP
+.BI "Option \*qSoftButtonAreas\*q \*q" "RBL RBR RBT RBB MBL MBR MBT MBB" \*q
+Enable soft button click area support on ClickPad devices. The first four
+parameters define the area of the right button, and the second four parameters
+define the area of the middle button. The areas are defined by the left, right,
+top, and bottom edges as sequential values of the property. If any edge is set
+to 0, the button is assumed to extend to infinity in the given direction.
+.
+When the user performs a click within the defined soft button areas, the right
+or middle click action is performed.
+.
+The use of soft button areas is disabled by setting all the values for the area
+to 0. Property: "Synaptics Soft Button Areas"
+.
.SH CONFIGURATION DETAILS
.SS Area handling
@@ -927,6 +941,14 @@ default.
32 bit, 4 values, left, right, top, bottom. 0 disables an element.
.TP 7
+.BI "Synaptics Soft Button Areas"
+The Right and middle soft button areas are used to support right and middle
+click actions on a ClickPad device. Providing 0 for all values of a given button
+disables the button area.
+
+32 bit, 8 values, RBL, RBR, RBT, RBB, MBL, MBR, MBT, MBB.
+
+.TP 7
.BI "Synaptics Capabilities"
This read-only property expresses the physical capability of the touchpad,
most notably whether the touchpad hardware supports multi-finger tapping and