# Persistent Synaptic Touchpad settings in Ubuntu 12.10+


I was wondering how to make my touchpad settings permanent in Ubuntu.
I could find a few pointers on the net, like:

* http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2011/11/06/persistent-touchpad-configuration-in-ubuntu-11-10/

* http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1538147.html

But sometimes it makes sense to look at your own system's documentation:

    % cd /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
    % head 50-synaptics.conf
    # Example xorg.conf.d snippet that assigns the touchpad driver
    # to all touchpads. See xorg.conf.d(5) for more information on
    # InputClass.
    # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, your distribution will likely overwrite
    # it when updating. Copy (and rename) this file into
    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d first.
    # Additional options may be added in the form of
    #   Option "OptionName" "value"
    #
    Section "InputClass"

Which seems pretty obvious to me. I added

    Option "TabButton2" "3"
    Option "TabButton3" "2"

as my personal configuration.