Computer detecting right-click as left-click, left-click as left-click and middle with 2 fingers pressed as right-click

Festerdam · 06-19-2017, 06:26 AM

I couldn't open the root menu when right-clicking on the Fluxbox desktop.

I opened Xev and I got this output when making these actions:

-Left-click:

Code:

ButtonPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0xd4, subw 0x0, time 57000313, (97,169), root:(1070,196),
    state 0x10, button 1, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0xd4, subw 0x0, time 57000421, (97,169), root:(1070,196),
    state 0x110, button 1, same_screen YES

-Right-click:

Code:

ButtonPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0xd4, subw 0x0, time 57004019, (97,163), root:(1070,190),
    state 0x10, button 1, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0xd4, subw 0x0, time 57004126, (97,163), root:(1070,190),
    state 0x110, button 1, same_screen YES

-Middle-click with 2 fingers:

Code:

ButtonPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0xd4, subw 0x0, time 57291756, (76,167), root:(1049,194),
    state 0x10, button 3, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0xc00001,
    root 0xd4, subw 0x0, time 57291897, (76,167), root:(1049,194),
    state 0x410, button 3, same_screen YES

As we can see in the output, right-click is interpreted the same way left-click is.

I have removed GPM with pkgtool, but it still doesn't work(I found a post where someone solved a problem that he had with his mouse by removing the GPM).

I am using an Asus touch-pad(I don't know how to call it.).

Scrolling with 2 fingers works.

It isn't so bad, it feels also a bit modern to have to middle-click to make things that we are currently doing with right-click, but it isn't practical for playing games like Minetest.

You could give instructions on how to remove this behavior, but also how to enable something like this, so people who like to use middle-click with 2 fingers can experience such a modern life-style.

P.S. I know the output isn't "code", but I like to see it kind of isolated from the other text.

BW-userx · 06-19-2017, 07:40 AM

go into mouse settings and change it from left handed to right handed mouse, see if that works.

Fluxbox
look at the settings in this link you can put them in your start up file in /fluxbox/startup file to see your pad

mine I turn off using this

Code:

#completely turn off the touchpad

xinput set-prop 12 "Device Enabled" 0
	synclient touchpadoff=1
	synclient VertEdgeScroll=0
	synclient TapButton1=0
        synclient TapButton2=0
	synclient TapButton3=0 &

it is in the top end of my start up file
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

Festerdam · 06-19-2017, 09:29 AM

Thanks, BW-userx.

When I was reading the synaptics' man page, I saw a line like this:

Code:

-   Multifinger  taps: two finger for right button and three finger for middle button events.  (Needs hardware support.  Not all models implement this feature.)

Which clearly describes my current situation. I am going to take some time reading this man page, so I can disable this feature.

BW-userx · 06-19-2017, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Festerdam

Thanks, BW-userx.

When I was reading the synaptics' man page, I saw a line like this:

Code:

-   Multifinger  taps: two finger for right button and three finger for middle button events.  (Needs hardware support.  Not all models implement this feature.)

Which clearly describes my current situation. I am going to take some time reading this man page, so I can disable this feature.

cool -- have fun learning.

Shadow_7 · 06-19-2017, 11:47 AM

Those gestures are what modern tablets tend to use. And not un-expected. I can't look at a tablet and not think of the ancient one button mouse associated with apple / macintosh. With multi-touch being two one button mice, not one two button mouse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mouse

Browsers and other things have adopted left click only behavior, so a right mouse triggers the left mouse action. In the old days you could left mouse the address bar history and right mouse to COPY the url. Not anymore and it's still fairly application specific. There are settings that you can adjust for the mouse, but the apps are what the apps are.

$ xinput
$ xinput --list-props ##
$ xinput --set-prop ## ### value

In my case ## is currently 8 for my logitech mouse, and ### is 279 for middle button emulation. With value being 1 for true. Although not something I would normally do for this mouse as it has a middle button. But I have a kensington trackball with only two buttons. And I prefer a wm that uses the middle button to resize windows. Although wmctrl works for that if I'm being lazy. Just another option or two if your desktop environment doesn't have a nice gui way to customize your pointer device(s).

hydrurga · 06-19-2017, 05:41 PM

Some other options:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/5796...n-ubuntu-14-10

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....2126905&page=2