Re: Middle Button Emulation -

Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:22:06 -0500



    On 11/27/16 09:27, Bob Goodwin wrote:

    
    On 11/27/16 08:32, Ed Greshko wrote:
      

        On 11/27/16 18:34, Bob Goodwin wrote:
        

        I'm having troubled setting middle
          button emulation in a new Fedora25 Workstation/XFCE
          

          installation. first I added:
          

          Section "InputClass"
          

                 Identifier "middle button emulation class"
          

                 MatchIsPointer "on"
          

                 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
          

                 Driver "evdev"
          

               EndSection
          

          to /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf as I have done in
          the past. then my notes
          

          led me to "xinput" but I can't make that work, dunno the right
          command ...
          

          I find it hard to work without this feature, especially when
          configuring a new install
          

          so it is one of the first things I fix!
          

          What am I doing wrong?
          

        Have a look at
        

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9973/configuring-mouse-for-rightleft-button-simulating-middle-click-for-copy-paste
        

        and the very last comment for a suggestion which claims to work.
        

    +

    
    Doing as suggested corrects the problem:

    
    adding a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-3rdbutton.conf with the
    following content:

    
    Section "InputClass"

       Identifier "middle button"

       MatchIsPointer "on"

       MatchDriver "libinput"

       Option "MiddleEmulation" "on"

    EndSection

    
    Fixes 3 button emulation and I can copy and paste conveniently
    again, a lot less clicking around!

    
    First I tried making that change in
    /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf but it did not work.

    
    My impression from what I have read is that this function is
    disabled for the convenience of game players for whom the pressing
    of both buttons implements other functions. I think that's unfair if
    it is so, it should be optional from a menu ...

    
    Bob

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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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