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| - | ====== Ubuntu - Mouse - Mapping Mouse Buttons ====== | ||
| - | ===== Determine the Mouse to use ===== | ||
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| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | xinput | grep -m 1 " | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | returns: <code bash> | ||
| - | 8 | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE: | ||
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| - | * This shows that the id of the mouse is 8 in this case. | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | ---- | ||
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| - | ===== Get Button Map ===== | ||
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| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | xinput get-button-map 8 | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | returns: | ||
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| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE: | ||
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| - | * The result shows that the mouse has 9 buttons. | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | ---- | ||
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| - | ===== Determine Which Mouse Button is Which ===== | ||
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| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | xev | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | displays: | ||
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| - | {{: | ||
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| - | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE:** Move the mouse cursor within the boxes and the xev will display many lines of data relating to mouse movements and button presses. | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | ---- | ||
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| - | ===== Identify Each Button Number ===== | ||
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| - | With **xev** running, move the mouse pointer into the xev display and click each button on the mouse. | ||
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| - | <code bash> | ||
| - | ButtonPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x6200001, | ||
| - | root 0x1e4, subw 0x0, time 2473474233, (151,31), root: | ||
| - | state 0x0, button 1, same_screen YES | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | <WRAP info> | ||
| - | **NOTE: | ||
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| - | * Usually left mouse button is shown as **button 1**. | ||
| - | * Usually middle mouse button is shown as **button 2**. | ||
| - | * Usually right mouse button is shown as **button 3**. | ||
| - | * Other buttons can be determined through trial and error. | ||
| - | * The scroll wheel on the mouse (both forwards and backward scrolls) also have a unique button id. | ||
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| - | </ | ||
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| - | ---- | ||
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| - | ===== References ===== | ||
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| - | http:// | ||
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