Tapioca
Tapioca enables right click on linux touchscreen devices using technologies like python-evedev, pymouse (PyUserInput) and xdotool.
Available Gestures
Long press right click and two finger tap right click.
Installation
Tapioca has been tested to work on Ubuntu 17.04. Run commands below to install dependencies.
sudo apt install python-evdev xinput xdotool python-pip
sudo pip install PyUserInput
Download Tapioca from here and extract to a folder.
Running Tapioca
Find out your touch panel make by running xinput command.
Now run the command below to launch Tapioca.
sudo python tapioca.py --device ""
Add the name of your touch panel make within the quotes.
Configuring Tapioca
tapioca.conf file is located in ~/.config/tapioca/ folder.
It is automatically created when you run Tapioca for the first time. Your device name is also automatically added to the config file if you use the command mentioned above to run the application.
You can edit settings in User Settings in config file. All config options are well commented.
It is highly recommended that you review config file at least once.
Wayland support?
Not possible as of now.
Credits
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All the developers behind Linux kernel, python-evdev, PyUserInput, pymouse, xdotool and xinput.