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" greg --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
