Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 04, 2003 04:28 AM
Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly enough. I have no problem with the mouse wheel (ZAxisMapping) to gain the scroll funtion. What I'm trying to do is change the mouse wheel (middle)button to a "back" navigation button. (saves you from having to click on the back arrow on your browsers). To do this I tried using three button emulation on a three button scroll mouse.(Normally this is only used on two button mice) Thereby moving Linux's normal middle button functions to a simultaneous click of the left and right buttons. In theory this would free up the middle button that is under the wheel for another task (assignment). I have not been able to assign this button to Alt+Left arrow which is the keyboard back navigation function (or anything else for that matter). Linux or Xfree86 won't release the middle mouse button for any other assignment. It just adds the emulation function to the left and right buttons.
As I said before, I've been setting the mouse up like this on windows machines for years and my clients have gotten used to this feature and it would be sorely missed by them. Do any of you know how this could be done? I'm stumped.
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Not the wheel, the mouse wheel (middle) button!
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 04, 2003 04:28 AMI have not been able to assign this button to Alt+Left arrow which is the keyboard back navigation function (or anything else for that matter). Linux or Xfree86 won't release the middle mouse button for any other assignment. It just adds the emulation function to the left and right buttons.
As I said before, I've been setting the mouse up like this on windows machines for years and my clients have gotten used to this feature and it would be sorely missed by them. Do any of you know how this could be done? I'm stumped.
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