Re: Workrave's dependency on right mouse clicks

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Joe Wells <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Workrave gurus,
>
> I recently got a new computer, and I do not yet have the right mouse
> clicks working yet, although left click works fine.  I don't have
> middle click either but that is less of an issue.  Apparently other
> people with the same computer have gotten the touchpad working
> completely with patched Linux kernel modules, and eventually these
> patches will be in the main line, so it is not a permanent problem.
>
> However, until I figure out how to get right mouse clicks working, I
> still desperately want to have Workrave working.  Unfortunately, it
> seems impossible to configure Workrave without being able to do right
> mouse clicks.  Left clicks on either the Workrave window or the
> notification area icon do not give access to the configuration
> controls.  The only thing I can do with left click is start or skip
> rest breaks.  I can not control the scheduling of the rest breaks.
>
> Is there any way to control Workrave configuration with the keyboard?
>
> Workrave is the only program I use that is so dependent on right mouse
> clicks.  I've lost at most minor functionality in other programs due
> to this problem.
>
> I am using Workrave 1.9.4, which is the current version for Ubuntu
> 12.04 (Precise Pangolin).
>
> I am aware that the Ubuntu accessibility controls give the ability to
> simulate the mouse with the keyboard, but I'd prefer to avoid that.
> In particular, the way for simulating “secondary click” (which I hope
> means “right click”) involves giving up the ability to drag with left
> mouse clicks.  I also know that most (all?) things can be controlled
> via GConf.  I've already used GConf to turn off all the rest breaks
> because I couldn't control the schedule.  I'd rather not have to make
> all my adjustments via GConf.
>
> Any suggestions?  (Other than the obvious one of getting the right
> mouse clicks working.  I'm not going to have time to deal with that
> soon, and in the meantime I need to use the computer so it would be
> great if I could configure Workrave for that.)
>
> Thanks for your time in considering this issue!
>

Which model laptop, Joe? Perhaps if you connect a USB mouse to the
laptop you could at least configure Workrave.

Also, you could possibly copy the workrave config files from another computer.

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