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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