Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:16:56 -0700 >On 2021-08-27 16:39, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss said on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 16:44:26 -0700 >> >>> I've partially solved this. The first button consistently reports a >>> button 9 event. When button 9 is being held, pushing the second >>> button reports a button 8 event. Pushing the second button by >>> itself produces a KeyPress event for Shift_L, another for Meta_L, >>> then a KeymapNotify that probably clears the Shift modifier, then >>> KeyRelease events for ISO_Left_Tab and Meta_L. >> That's the craziest nonsense I've ever heard out of a mouse. Is that >> mouse programmable or something? Can I safely assume an ordinary 3 >> button mouse does the expected, not the craziness of your mouse? > >The left, middle, right, wheel up, and wheel down buttons behave >exactly the way you would expect from an ordinary IMPS/2 or USB HID >mouse. I misunderstood you and therefore retract my statements about craziness. > It's only the 2 oddly positioned mystery buttons that do >semi-strange things. So finding out what they do and why was never a >high priority. The only problems I have ever had with this mouse so >far have involved cat hair.[0] Yeah, if I remember, one of my mice with two extra buttons reported as buttons 8 and 9 or something like that. I just set OpenBox to do the appropriate thing with pushes of buttons 8 and 9. SteveT Steve Litt Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss