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-rightl...
>
>
> 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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