I’ve tested
$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-touchpad.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "touchpad"
Driver "libinput"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
Option "Tapping" "on"
EndSection
but it does not solve the problem I’ve described here (Debian testing under XFCE4, verified under Debian 11.3. live installer)
Do you have any further hints?
Kind regards, Andreas.