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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
