Mouse button swap

heffo_j · 02-15-2017, 07:27 PM

How do I swap the mouse buttons in Deepin. I've tried a lot of the solutions offered on the net but they don't work for some reason. Many of them are old and therefore probably outdated.

Any clues specifically Debian 8 /Deepin would be appreciated

Thanks

ferrari · 02-15-2017, 11:25 PM

This can usually be implemented within the desktop environment (eg KDE and Gnome both have graphical utilities for doing this).

You can also achieve the desired button swapping using xinput (which can be automated on login via autostart script). The basic idea described here...

http://xahlee.info/linux/linux_swap_mouse_buttons.html

or by creating a custom Xorg input config file. For example

http://linus.haxx.se/2013/03/07/mous...-in-xorg-conf/

The physical button numbering can be discovered using xev, and a button mapping assignment made accordingly.

heffo_j · 02-15-2017, 11:42 PM

Thanks for you reply ferrari. I found out that there is an option in the Deepin Control Centre to swap the mouse buttons. I didn't realise this until I remembered the old Mouse and Touchpad settings in Ubuntu and tracked down the mouse settings tool that way. It was tucked away in the control centre.

Thank you for your trouble - all good now.

ferrari · 02-16-2017, 12:45 AM

No problem. Deepin uses LXDE as its desktop environment, and as I mentioned in my previous reply most DEs have utilities for mouse configuration.