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lo7777799

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Registered: 2023-07-25

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keyd daemon for button config - what do i do wrong?

good afternoon,

i have given in terminal that as root: 

systemctl enable keyd 
systemctl start keyd 

keyd bind 'mouse1=leftshift' 
keyd bind 'mouse2=leftcontrol' 

i want configure my mouse1 button to left shift. and my mouse2 button to left-control.

what should i do?
i use wayland. on internet stays, that keyd daemon is compatible to wayland.

i tested it, when i hold mouse1 and given in characters from a to z. but those letters are small (a-z) and not big(A-Z)

so , i want, that, if i press my mouse-button, then it should be guilty as left-shift.

keyd monitor
keyd list-keys | grep mouse

is to find the name of the keys...

Last edited by lo7777799 (2026-04-27 15:41:09)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 75,548

Re: keyd daemon for button config - what do i do wrong?

keyd runs below any display server, but mouse support is tagged as experimental
Can you bind the button to something that's not a modifier, eg. "mouse1=a"?

Sanity check, is this about accessibility? Are you maybe looking for a sticky key feature?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Access … _with_keyd

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