6 Sep
2017
6 Sep
'17
8:20 a.m.
Greg M
Kensington Expert Mouse:
Lots of info on the net about this mouse, have tried modifying xorg,
.xinitrc, .xmodmap per instructions, button mapping code.
No changes to the button assignment. Control center has a three button
mouse tool, it works for 3 of the 4 buttons.
I am thinking TDM does not use .xinitrc or .xmodmap.what is the TDE way ?
xorg.conf example
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "8"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 8 3 2"
.xmodmap :
pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
pointer = 1 8 3 2
.xinitrc:
autocutsel -fork &
autocutsel -selection PRIMARY -fork &
xmodmap ~/.xmodmap
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Greg M
6 Sep
6 Sep
8:54 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] map buttons kensington 4 button mouse
Hi Greg!
Kensington Expert Mouse:
Lots of info on the net about this mouse, have tried modifying xorg,
.xinitrc, .xmodmap per instructions, button mapping code.
No changes to the button assignment. Control center has a three button
mouse tool, it works for 3 of the 4 buttons.
I happen to use the same mouse :-)
The 4th button is button 8, you can use "xev" or "xbindkeys -k" to
verify. I have used xbindkeys to map 4th button to "nextDesktop":
# ~/.xbindkeysrc
#BUTTON8
"dcop twin KWinInterface nextDesktop"
b:8
You can also use "xinput" to modify the button assignment - I prefer this method
to fiddling with Xorg settings. Here is an example from my .xinitrc for Aiptec tablet,
changes button 1 to button 13:
# AIPTEK SlimTablet Pendown (Button 1) auf Button 13 mappen
ID=$(xinput list|grep WALTOP|sed 's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
xinput set-button-map $ID 13
For Kensington to swap button 8 and button 4:
$ xinput set-button-map $(xinput list | grep "Kensington Expert Mouse" | sed
's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/') 1 2 3 8 5 6 7 4
More details about your mouse - funny that it claimes to have 12 buttons:
$ xinput list --long $(xinput list | grep "Kensington Expert Mouse" | sed
's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
Nik
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6:51 p.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] map buttons kensington 4 button mouse
cool, thank you.
I saw the xbindkeysrc mentioned, a way forward.
Greg M
On 09/06/2017 12:54 AM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
Hi Greg!
Kensington Expert Mouse:
Lots of info on the net about this mouse, have tried modifying xorg,
.xinitrc, .xmodmap per instructions, button mapping code.
No changes to the button assignment. Control center has a three button
mouse tool, it works for 3 of the 4 buttons.
I happen to use the same mouse :-)
The 4th button is button 8, you can use "xev" or "xbindkeys -k" to
verify. I have used xbindkeys to map 4th button to "nextDesktop":
# ~/.xbindkeysrc
#BUTTON8
"dcop twin KWinInterface nextDesktop"
b:8
You can also use "xinput" to modify the button assignment - I prefer this
method to fiddling with Xorg settings. Here is an example from my .xinitrc for Aiptec
tablet, changes button 1 to button 13:
# AIPTEK SlimTablet Pendown (Button 1) auf Button 13 mappen
ID=$(xinput list|grep WALTOP|sed 's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
xinput set-button-map $ID 13
For Kensington to swap button 8 and button 4:
$ xinput set-button-map $(xinput list | grep "Kensington Expert Mouse" | sed
's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/') 1 2 3 8 5 6 7 4
More details about your mouse - funny that it claimes to have 12 buttons:
$ xinput list --long $(xinput list | grep "Kensington Expert Mouse" | sed
's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
Nik
7 Sep
7 Sep
5:42 a.m.
New subject: [trinity-users] map buttons kensington 4 button mouse
On 09/06/2017 10:51 AM, Greg Madden wrote:
cool, thank you.
I saw the xbindkeysrc mentioned, a way forward.
Greg M
On 09/06/2017 12:54 AM, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Hi Greg!
>
>> Kensington Expert Mouse:
>>
>> Lots of info on the net about this mouse, have tried modifying xorg,
>> .xinitrc, .xmodmap per instructions, button mapping code.
>>
>> No changes to the button assignment. Control center has a three button
>> mouse tool, it works for 3 of the 4 buttons.
>
> I happen to use the same mouse :-)
>
> The 4th button is button 8, you can use "xev" or "xbindkeys -k"
to verify. I have used xbindkeys to map 4th button to "nextDesktop":
>
> # ~/.xbindkeysrc
> #BUTTON8
> "dcop twin KWinInterface nextDesktop"
> b:8
>
> You can also use "xinput" to modify the button assignment - I prefer this
method to fiddling with Xorg settings. Here is an example from my .xinitrc for Aiptec
tablet, changes button 1 to button 13:
>
> # AIPTEK SlimTablet Pendown (Button 1) auf Button 13 mappen
> ID=$(xinput list|grep WALTOP|sed 's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
> xinput set-button-map $ID 13
>
> For Kensington to swap button 8 and button 4:
>
> $ xinput set-button-map $(xinput list | grep "Kensington Expert Mouse" |
sed 's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/') 1 2 3 8 5 6 7 4
>
> More details about your mouse - funny that it claimes to have 12 buttons:
>
> $ xinput list --long $(xinput list | grep "Kensington Expert Mouse" | sed
's/^.*=\([0-9]*\).*$/\1/')
>
> Nik
Its working, I had to fiddle with the button mapping sequence. I swapped
2 & 4, added your .xbindkeysrc, ended up with 1 8 3 4 5 6 7 2, I wanted
my middle button on 4 and I get a fourth button I had not used.
According to xinput:
Buttons supported: 8
Button labels: "Button Left" "Button Middle" "Button Right"
"Button
Wheel Up" "Button Wheel Down" "Button Horiz Wheel Left"
"Button Horiz
Wheel Right" "Button Side"
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