Re-mapping the middlemouse paste functionality
Hi, I am trying to reconfigure the middle mouse button paste buffer command to another one of the 7 available buttons on my mouse, but leave the 2nd mouse button reporting itself as a 2nd mouse button. Any googling and browsing of FAQs finds ways to disable the 2nd mouse button entirely, or map the 2nd mouse button to another button (causing all other functions tied to the 2nd mouse button to move to that other button as well). Am I to assume that this is not a configurable thing? This may be the wrong place to ask; I am assuming X controls this middle-click paste buffer access because X is historically the controller of pointer devices. If it is not configurable yet, but is part of X11, let me know and I will try to find where in the source the paste-buffer access is, and see if I can modify it to add configurability. If I should be asking on xorg-devel, let me know :) Thanks, -Adrian ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
RE: Re-mapping the middlemouse paste functionality
Hi Ross, xmodmap should let you reassign the button codes (so the middle button is 7 and some side button is 2), but I suspect that this has changed now that XKB is ruling. Worth a go though. Ross Or I could use xinput to remap buttons--the problem is that I actually want the middle mouse button to still report that it is button 2. This is because I want programs that use middle-click for certain features (e.g. firefox, some games, etc) to still have their features use the button they default to. I also still want pasting from the paste buffer--I just want that feature bound to button 7, not button 2. As I said, I'm not sure this is currently possible, but I'd like to see if I can work out a way to do it. Thanks for your response! -Adrian ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
RE: Re-mapping the middlemouse paste functionality
Certainly GTK+ hard-codes button 2 as selection paste, so I expect you'll have trouble. Aha, that's what I needed to know. Makes a lot more sense than X doing it; my thought process was only based on KDE and Gnome both using the same button for it. I'll go look at the GTK then. Thank you again, -Adrian ___ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg
