Re: Middle Button Emulation -

[Bob Goodwin]

On 11/27/16 09:27, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 11/27/16 08:32, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 11/27/16 18:34, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> > > I'm having troubled setting middle 
> > > button emulation in a new Fedora25 
> > > Workstation/XFCE
> > > installation. first I added:
> > >
> > > Section "InputClass"
> > >        Identifier "middle button 
> > > emulation class"
> > >        MatchIsPointer "on"
> > >        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> > >        Driver "evdev"
> > >      EndSection
> > >
> > > to 
> > > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf 
> > > as I have done in the past. then my 
> > > notes
> > > led me to "xinput" but I can't make 
> > > that work, dunno the right command ...
> > >
> > > I find it hard to work without this 
> > > feature, especially when configuring 
> > > a new install
> > > so it is one of the first things I fix!
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Have a look at
> > http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9973/configuring-mouse-for-rightleft...
> >
> > and the very last comment for a 
> > suggestion which claims to work.

+

Doing as suggested corrects the problem:

adding a file 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-3rdbutton.conf 
with the following content:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "middle button"
    MatchIsPointer "on"
    MatchDriver "libinput"
    Option "MiddleEmulation" "on"
EndSection

Fixes 3 button emulation and I can copy 
and paste conveniently again, a lot less 
clicking around!

First I tried making that change in 
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf 
but it did not work.

My impression from what I have read is 
that this function is disabled for the 
convenience of game players for whom the 
pressing of both buttons implements 
other functions. I think that's unfair 
if it is so, it should be optional from 
a menu ...

Bob