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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