Re: Mouse button emulation
a monkey wrote:
I just installed Debian Sarge on an eMac. As you know, Apple mice have
only one mouse button, which serve as the left mouse button. But what
if I want to right-click on something? Is there a key on my keyboard
that will emulate the right mouse button? Any help will be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks,
the monker
Yes, they do have two and three button mice for Macs, but the standard
mice that come with them generally have only one button.
The following worked with my old world PowerMac, and should work on any Mac.
Do these commands to make F10 the middle button and F11 the right button:
|~$ echo "1" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation
~$ echo "68" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode
~$ echo "87" > /proc/sys/dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode
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Then add this to /etc/sysctl.conf to make it do the same on boot:|
dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation = 1
dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode = 68
dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 87
Cheerio!
SigmaX
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