How to disable two-finger clicking on touchpad?

Framework Laptop 16 Linux
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I am very new to both Framework and Linux, and quickly falling in love with both, but please forgive my profound inexperience — also my first post on the forum!

A month ago I bought a Framework 16 DIY (AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series) and installed Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on it (BIOS: 04.01, kernel: 7.0.0-31-generic). I’ve been meaning to make the leap to Linux for years, and figured doing it on a Linux-optimised machine with fantastic ethos only made sense :heart:

The issue I’m struggling with is how to disable two-finger right click on my touchpad (the standard Framework 16 three-piece touchpad).

At present I am very regularly finding that I trigger a right-click by accident when trying to left-click, and it is making the whole experience very frustrating! I never intentionally use two-finger clicking, so disabling it seems a simple solution, but after hours of searching online and trying various suggested approaches this is one thing I can’t seem to figure out on my own in this unfamiliar OS.

Ironically, the closest matches here on the forum seem to be people struggling to enable two-finger clicking — if only I could replicate their problems!

With thanks for any leads,
Shaun

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I am running Mint rather than Ubuntu, but the former is based on the latter, so this may help. I have some options in here to disabled Click Actions. This is in the Mouse And Touchpad dialogue box. I am not sure this is sufficiently fine-grained for your need, but see if you have this:

Two-finger settings
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If not, the community should be able to rustle up some console commands that more accurately accomplish what you are after.

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Thanks for the prompt reply Squiggler! And yes, that has led me to solve my issue.

Embarrassingly (having spent hours trying all sorts of complex console approaches), it seems I had simply missed the circled tab at the top of the “Mouse & Touchpad” settings!!

Touchpad settings
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After switching to Touchpad I was indeed easily able to disable “tap to click” and this appears to have got things functioning as I wished.

Both a huge relief and some red cheeks here! :flushed_face: Thanks again :folded_hands:

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Ha ha, no worries, you’re welcome! This is what this forum is for :trophy:.

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