can I simulate somehow the middle mouse button on a laptop?
.Martin.
I'm fluxbox and would like to play with tabbing.
Is it possible?
thank you
Lew Pitcher
(xtd...@gmail.com) wrote:
Build your own xorg.conf.
In the Section "InputDevice" for your mouse, add
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Restart your X server with your new xorg.conf
Now, when you press the left /and/ right mouse buttons simultaneously, you
will effectively generate a "middle mouse button" click
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Lew Pitcher
(lpit...@teksavvy.com) wrote:
> On November 17, 2009 17:17, in alt.os.linux.slackware, .Martin.
> (xtd...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
>> I'm using slackware-current.
>> I'm fluxbox and would like to play with tabbing.
>>
>> Is it possible?
>
> Build your own xorg.conf.
>
> In the Section "InputDevice" for your mouse, add
> Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Or, if you're not into editing xorg.conf
Go to Best Buy, or your local computer hardware retailer
Purchase a 3-button USB mouse
Plug the mouse into a USB port on your computer
That should do it
Keith Keller
>
> Or, if you're not into editing xorg.conf
>
> Go to Best Buy, or your local computer hardware retailer
> Purchase a 3-button USB mouse
> Plug the mouse into a USB port on your computer
Cute. :) I really like having a three-button mouse. Actually, I
prefer a three-button trackball, as it creates less ergonomic discomfort
in my right hand/arm. It's even nicer when the middle ''button'' is
also a scroll wheel.
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notbob
Ummm.... you need to be just a tab bit more specific. ;)
Just what do you mean by "tabbing"? With slack 13, using fluxbox, I
row thru all my maximized windows via alt-tab, as is the default with
most OS/desktop environments. What are you talking about? Same
thing? Browser tabs? Some other tabs? What?
nb
Michael Black
> On November 17, 2009 17:53, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Lew Pitcher
> (lpit...@teksavvy.com) wrote:
>
>> On November 17, 2009 17:17, in alt.os.linux.slackware, .Martin.
>> (xtd...@gmail.com) wrote:
>>
>>> I'm using slackware-current.
>>> I'm fluxbox and would like to play with tabbing.
>>>
>>> Is it possible?
>>
>> Build your own xorg.conf.
>>
>> In the Section "InputDevice" for your mouse, add
>> Option "Emulate3Buttons"
>
> Or, if you're not into editing xorg.conf
>
> Go to Best Buy, or your local computer hardware retailer
> Purchase a 3-button USB mouse
> Plug the mouse into a USB port on your computer
>
> That should do it
That applies for cases other than "not into editing".
I think of my Aspire One netbook, with the buttons on both sides
of the track pad. It's hard enough to use them the right one, it's not so
great to press them both. So an external mouse would be a better
solution, assuming you had the space for it.
When I started using Linux, I had only a 2 button mouse, and the emulation
worked fine. But once I got a 3 button mouse, it clearly was a better
solution. I even splurged finally on a decent mouse last year and that
made things even better.
Michael
allend
On my laptop, I map a section of the touchpad to be a middle mouse
click ('man synaptics' for details). I find it easier than a
simiutaneous click of the left and right buttons.
Steven J Masta
Fluxbox tabs. Middle-click on an applications titlebar and drag it to
another applications titlebar to create tabs.
If you don't want to use Middle-click you can change it by editing
~/.fluxbox/keys
Steve
Aaron W. Hsu
>On 2009-11-17, Lew Pitcher <lpit...@teksavvy.com> wrote:
>>
>> Or, if you're not into editing xorg.conf
>>
>> Go to Best Buy, or your local computer hardware retailer
>> Purchase a 3-button USB mouse
>> Plug the mouse into a USB port on your computer
>Cute. :) I really like having a three-button mouse. Actually, I
>prefer a three-button trackball, as it creates less ergonomic discomfort
>in my right hand/arm. It's even nicer when the middle ''button'' is
>also a scroll wheel.
I have a Kensington Expert Mouse and a Contour Perfit Mouse Pro. When it
comes to middle clicking and lot's of click-drag type actions, I find
the Contour mouse to be more efficient and ergonomic. For just mousing
around, I like the Expert Mouse. I *don't* like mice with the middle
button as a scroll wheel. On both of the mice above, the scroll wheel is
a separate device. I definitely prefer having a middle click all by
itself.
Aaron W. Hsu
Keith Keller
>
> I definitely prefer having a middle click all by itself.
I understand the sentiment, and I took a similar position for a long
time. But when I got hold of a Logitech TrackMan Wheel, I changed my
mind. The wheel behaves like a wheel when you want it to be a wheel,
and like a button when you want it to be a middle button. I got used to
it surprisingly quickly.
I think part of my reluctance was because of experience with wheeled
mice: when I use(d) them, it was harder to use my index finger on the
wheel, and I found myself using my middle finger on the wheel, which is
not very comfortable nor as accurate as the index finger. But with my
trackball I can use my index finger on the wheel, which I think has been
part of why I overcame my aversion to the wheel-button so easily.
.Martin.
Sorry for not posting immediately. I was preoccupied with my work.
I edited xorg.conf - it's fine now.
Thanks again
regards
.Martin.
emmel
> I think of my Aspire One netbook, with the buttons on both sides
> of the track pad. It's hard enough to use them the right one, it's not so
> great to press them both. So an external mouse would be a better
> solution, assuming you had the space for it.
>
> When I started using Linux, I had only a 2 button mouse, and the emulation
> worked fine. But once I got a 3 button mouse, it clearly was a better
> solution. I even splurged finally on a decent mouse last year and that
> made things even better.
Doesn't that laptop use a synaptics touchpad? Those can be configured
for two and three button taps to trigger second and third mouse button.
They also allow for configuring corners to do just that, but the
usability of that feature might be hard to use when the edges aren't
that well defined (raised or something like that).