Right Click Menu Not Working

llewellen · 04-16-2018, 08:40 PM

Dell Inspiron 13 7000
Manjaro 17.l.7 Budgie 10.4

Right click on the touchpad will highlight selected text but no drop down menu of action options.

It was working fine until yesterday. The only thing of substance that I have done that might possibly have affected it is that I removed all traces of bluetooth.

Suggestions?

frankbell · 04-16-2018, 09:15 PM

The first thing I would do is plug in a mouse and verify whether right-click works with it, to make sure the problem is confined to the touchpad.

llewellen · 04-16-2018, 10:12 PM

@frankbell: I haven't had a mouse in at least 10 years

I'm trying to find an appropriate command to get in and take a look/amend the settings for the touchpad. They seem to be missing in the GUI.

I should add that when I use the Test Your Settings feature, my right tap is responding as a left tap.

frankbell · 04-16-2018, 10:57 PM

Frankly, I loathe touchpads with the fire of a thousand suns. But that's just me.

If you can borrow a mouse from a friend or coworker for a minute or two, I submit that you should still try the test.

98% of troubleshooting is identifying the suspect. Once you do that, the other 2% is usually easy.

llewellen · 04-16-2018, 11:06 PM

I suppose it depends on what sort of things you usually do on your computer. In my case I almost never need very precise positioning of the cursor. If I was doing CAD or other detailed graphics, it would be different I'm sure.

I'll see if I can borrow a mouse tomorrow and run a test. Thanks.