Synaptics touchpad tap-to-click is not working in Ubuntu 15.10(Gnome)

Open a terminal by pressing ctrl+alt+t and type:

synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2

it worked for me...

I finally found a fix to solve my problem:

I added the following line to my bashrc so that it can compile every time I log in.

synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2

Although not a pretty hack, but it works fine. Hope the community fixes the bug..

Update: This hack seems to work fine in Ubuntu 17.04 also, which means the bug isn't fixed yet by the community.

P.S. Also see this great solution

Have you updated the mouse settings? After updating I had the same issue, but it was just that tap to click had been disabled.

mouse and touchpad settings

Otherwise, according to this thread it could be worth logging out and back in.

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