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| title | layout | created | toc | tags | |||||
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| Evoluent Vertical Mouse 3 | default | 2009-02-09 17:55:53 +0100 | false |
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Remapping buttons in Linux
You can use the following command to remap the buttons:
xinput set-button-map <device-id> <button1> <button2> <button3> ... <buttonN>
The <device-id> is shown in the xinput list output - you can use the name as a string or the id number. You can query the actual button state using xinput query-state <device-id>.
The mouse has following button-ids:
| Button | ID |
|---|---|
| Thumb button | 9 |
| Index finger button | 1 |
| Middle finger button | 8 |
| Ring finger button | 3 |
| Wheel button | 2 |
| Wheel up | 4 |
| Wheel down | 5 |
See [remapping mouse buttons]({% post_url 2009-07-17-remapping-mouse-buttons %}) on what buttons X11 recognizes.
According to this the default configuration (xinput set-button-map <device-id> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) would give you middle click on the wheel button and right-click on the middle finger.
The ring finger button would be for special use as well as the thumb button.
I for myself prefer having the middle-button on the middle finger and the right-click on the ring finger.
So I mapped 8→3 and 3→2 and I also mapped 9→8 and 2→9 to have the wheel button and thumb button for special use in some programs which make use of additional buttons.
My final xinput line looks like this:
# input id: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
xinput set-button-map <device-id> 1 9 2 4 5 6 7 3 8
You could also map 9→6 and 2→7 to have the 2 additional buttons emulate Wheel left and Wheel right:
# input id: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
xinput set-button-map <device-id> 1 7 2 4 5 8 9 3 6