Right click acts like left click on my Ubuntu 18.04

Question

After I upgraded from 17.10, right click behaves like left click.

I'm using Dell Vostro 14.

It's always getting this error when I install Ubuntu starting from 16.04 yesterday, the error is still the same... touchpad and click.

Here's the output when I type xinput in my terminal

$ xinput
⎡ Virtual core pointer                          id=2    [master pointer  (3)]
⎜   ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer                id=4    [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎜   ↳ SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad                id=13   [slave  pointer  (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard                         id=3    [master keyboard (2)]
    ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard               id=5    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=6    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Power Button                              id=7    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Sleep Button                              id=8    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Integrated_Webcam_HD: Integrate           id=9    [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Intel HID events                          id=10   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ Dell WMI hotkeys                          id=11   [slave  keyboard (3)]
    ↳ AT Translated Set 2 keyboard              id=12   [slave  keyboard (3)]

Same problem on my asus box after upgrading to 18.04. Trying to figure out how to resolve.. — g_p, Apr 29 '18 at 12:15
Check 'System Settings > Mouse & Trackpad > Primary button > ' whether it is set as you would expect: Left or Right. — Hannu, Apr 29 '18 at 12:39
See if these are helpful: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029444/right-click-not-working-on-ubuntu-18-04 https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028776/no-secondary-button-right-click-on-touchpad — pomsky, Apr 29 '18 at 13:02
I was checking for any issues by live-booting Ubuntu 18.04 on my Asus laptop. The secondary click button on the touchpad is not working. I always have to tap with two fingers to emulate secondary click functionality. — Shubham, Apr 30 '18 at 09:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 04 '18 at 07:45

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I also encountered the same problem after upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04. I figured out that there was something wrong with settings.

Just change primary button to left.

edited May 04 '18 at 07:45

David Foerster

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answered Apr 30 '18 at 19:56

Kulfy

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It's good that you posted this in the answer instead of the section because it is an answer. :-) – David Foerster May 04 '18 at 07:44
My right click still act like a left click. – Hugolpz Jul 21 '18 at 09:06
@Hugolpz try these fixes https://askubuntu.com/a/989150/415337 – Timo Huovinen Aug 09 '18 at 09:31

Right click acts like left click on my Ubuntu 18.04

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