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Did the right click on your touchpad stop working after installing Ubuntu ® 18.04 LTS?

After installing Ubuntu ® 18.04 LTS, the touchpad right click may not function. This is not an issue with the operating system or your touchpad.

Gnome defaults to the Mac touchpad behavior where the entire touchpad is a single button. In order to right-click, you use two fingers to click instead of just one.

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There are a couple of options depending on how you are looking to change the touchpad:

Note: Here are a couple of quick ways to open a terminal window in Ubuntu:
 

• Press the CTRL + ALT + T keys down together
• Click the Dash button or press the Windows key and type terminal and press Enter

Changing the Touchpad click settings.

Type the following command and press the Enter key to revert to the right click:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad click-method areas

Bringing up a GUI (Graphical User Interface) with additional configuration settings

Type the following command and press the Enter key to install a tweak tool GUI:

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

Note: sudo gives the instruction to run with administrator privileges, you need an admin password and rights for this.

Type the following command and press the Enter key to open the Tweak tool GUI:

gnome-tweaks

Go to keyboard and mouse and look for the Mouse click emulation section. Check the Area checkbox to enable middle and right click.

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