XOrg/XFree86 Synaptics TouchPad Driver 0.14.6

XOrg/XFree86 Synaptics TouchPad Driver project is a driver for the Synaptics TouchPad for XOrg/XFree86 4.x.

A Synaptics touchpad by default operates in compatibility mode by emulating a standard mouse. However, by using a dedicated driver, more advanced features of the touchpad becomes available.




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Here are some key features of "XOrg/XFree86 Synaptics TouchPad Driver":

· Movement with adjustable, non-linear acceleration and speed.
· Button events through short touching of the touchpad.
· Double-Button events through double short touching of the touchpad.
· Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the touchpad.
· Middle and right button events on the upper and lower corner of the touchpad.
· Vertical scrolling (button four and five events) through moving the finger on the right side of the touchpad.
· The up/down button sends button four/five events.
· Horizontal scrolling (button six and seven events) through moving the finger on the lower side of the touchpad.
· The multi-buttons send button four/five events, and six/seven events for horizontal scrolling.
· Adjustable finger detection.
· Multifinger taps: two finger for middle button and three finger for right button events. (Needs hardware support. Not all models implement this feature.)
· Run-time configuration using shared memory. This means you can change parameter settings without restarting the X server.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Support for xorg 7.1 has been added.
· A couple of minor build fixes for xorg 7.0 have been made.