Re: Configuring extra buttons on MS Trackball Explorer

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:14:08 -0500
Aaron WIlcox <[email protected]> wrote:

> Brad Barnett wrote:
> > This depends upon your window manager.
> >
> > I haven't looked into Gnome for a while, and if they're using
> > Metacity, I don't believe they support more than 5 buttons native.
> >
> > (scroll up + down are button 4 + 5)
> >
> > Nor does KDE/kwin.
> >
> > Anyhow, unless you want to use a cool WM like Sawfish, then you'll
> > need to use something like  imwheel to map the mouse buttons to
> > keyboard actions.  That is, if you want those mouse buttons to do
> > something more specific than just doubling for what other mouse
> > buttons already do.
> >
> > You don't just want those buttons to dupe for others, do you?
> >
> > On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:26:56 -0500
> > Aaron WIlcox <[email protected]> wrote:
> >   
> Actually, that's exactly what I want to do.  On the Trackball Explorer 
> the traditional "mouse button" fingers are used to move the trackball, 
> and the thumb is left to handle all the tradition mouse buttons (left, 
> right, scroll/middle).  What I've always done in the past is map the 
> extra two buttons (Button 8 & 9 according to xev) to buttons 2 & 3 
> (middle & right click), so I can use my ring finger & pinkie to handle 
> middle & right clicking.
> -- 

Interesting.

Well, I know you can modify the order in which the mouse buttons are
used, via X config.  That won't dupe buttons, but it will reorder them for
you.

Other than that, I don't know off the top of my head.  imwheel might
allow doubling, you could check the man page.  Not sure though.
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