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I've upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 but the ability to tap with three fingers on the touchpad to achieve a middle mouse click has disappeared. When a mouse is plugged in the middle button click works exactly as expected.

I've tried similar approaches to: Swapping the double and triple finger tap actions on trackpad and using $ gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.mouse middle-button-enabled true but still nothing works.

I'm using an asus ul-30a which is typically well supported under linux. I'm using gnome-shell but the problem also occurs when using unity.

Could anyone advise how to fix the triple tap please?

EDIT: I've also tried installing the kde package synaptiks and setting the button functions and this also has no effect

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  • See bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/utouch/+bug/754000 – AlikElzin-kilaka Feb 22 '12 at 07:52
  • Also see [bug 840509](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840509) – Richard Hansen Apr 28 '12 at 04:54
  • I managed to make the config persistent by placing the proper configuration in a file called `70-synaptics.conf` and placing it in the `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d` directory. And, yes my laptop has a Synaptics touchpad. I have [linked the conf file](https://gist.github.com/sivaraam/410f4bf672c4c757206d1bd8bfbcfc68) that I use for reference. This works fine for me on a laptop running lubuntu 18.04. – kaartic Aug 08 '19 at 16:54

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Using gnome-shell on 12.04 (precise), I'm able to restore triple tap middle click support by running the following:

synclient TapButton3=2

This command tells the Synaptic driver to make a triple tap gesture (TapButton3) send a middle click (mouse button 2) event.

However, I'm not sure how to best make this change persistent. I could put it in a script as suggested by this blog post, but that approach seems awkward to me. There's got to be a better way.

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  • Did you find a better solution to make this persistent? same problem here: [Simulate a middle-click on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Synaptics touchpad](http://askubuntu.com/q/485863) – rubo77 Aug 31 '14 at 20:29
  • I solved it as a workaround by [executing the command 40 seconds after the desktop is booted](http://askubuntu.com/a/518506) – rubo77 Aug 31 '14 at 21:24
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Just found an amazing thing:

Taping on the top right corner of the touchpad is like clicking the middle mouse button. I know it's not the same as the triple click and position accuracy is needed :( but it's the closest I could find to triple click.

BTW, clicking on the lower right corner is like clicking the the right mouse button.

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This shows how to restore middle mouse button emulation by simultaneously clicking with both buttons.

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synclient ClickFinger3=3

Found it here.

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