Disable GNOME "touch" text selection in Fedora 23?
Hi, I'm currently using Debian and want to switch to Fedora. I don't think this is Fedora specific question but when testing out Fedora 23 in a vm I noticed that GNOME's new text selection was added. I assume this is a GNOME 3.18.3 feature that Debian Sid does not have yet. I also don't have any touch devices connected & I'm using a keyboard/mouse. Here is an example:
http://i.imgur.com/UrlswW7.png & http://i.imgur.com/hABkvis.png
I have been trying to find out how to disable it before switching to Fedora but can't seem to find any info on it, even the spec page says nothing about enabling/disabling it.
It feels so unnatural for non-touch devices. I would assume this would be disabled by default if you don't have a touch device.
Any ideas?
Posted Jan 7, 2016, 9:30 PM UTC
Are you using VirtualBox for testing? Is your pointing device in the VM an "USB Tablet"? If so, that explains why you get this. You should only see this in Gnome if you are using a touch screen (as in Android). If you are using a mouse, you will have a regular selection. To test this in the VM, use PS/2 mouse as the pointing device for the VM.
EDIT: I'm a Fedora 23 user with a mouse/touchpad and I haven't seen this ever. You don't have to worry. :)
Well thats good to know! I'm actually using GNOME Boxes (3.18.1) but don't see any settings for usb tablet. Since it's just a wrapper for QEMU, maybe it has a setting?
Or can you disable all touch features in GNOME?
Edit: Checked under org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals but nothing seems to indicate a forced switch to enable/disable touch. Going to keep looking.
The best solution for testing out new distros was always live USB on bare hardware.