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meinhimmel

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Registered: 2007-07-12

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Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Hi, I was wondering how to make my mouse act like an apple mouse.  To explain, I mean I want to use super key + mouse button 1 to equal a right click.  I haven't been able to find anything online, and so yea..

The mouse is the touchpad on my laptop using synaptics drivers.

meinhimmel

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Hmm.. Any ideas?

evilgold

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Registered: 2008-10-30

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

I got rid of my only mac a few months ago, but If i recall correctly, XFCE is able to use cntrl+click to emulate a right click. I dont know of a good way to do it in other DE's.

meinhimmel

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Ok, well I'm using openbox.. I read through the documentation for openbox and didn't see anything.

cdwillis

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Registered: 2008-11-20

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Can't you specify that with the keybindings in openbox?

skottish

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

I'm guessing that you can use xmodmap to map <Super+button 1> to <button 3>. (button 3 on my system anyway).

meinhimmel

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

I'm guessing that you can use xmodmap to map <Super+button 1> to <button 3>. (button 3 on my system anyway).

Your a genius! Why didn't I think to do that... I'll try that now.

Openbox doesn't have a keybinding for it.  I could bring up openbox's menu or something like that, but that's not really a right click..

meinhimmel

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Nothing is working.  This is the most irritating thing ever.  By all means it should work, but xbindkeys for some reason isn't bringing up the menu when I use it with xdotool.  Xmodmap isn't doing anything.. I can map the key and it says it's mapped there but it won't actually bring up the menu. 

Xdotool by itself works.. but not when it's run from xbindkeys. Confused :-/

meinhimmel

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Registered: 2007-07-12

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Does anyone have any ideas whatsoever? I tried btnx and that doesn't work at all.  Xdotool refuses to work with xbindkeys. Xmodmap sucks the big one too.

Any help would be appreciated.

kandrews

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Registered: 2007-04-21

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Ubuntu users have a patched synaptics driver available which enables mac style right click (two-finger rightclick).

link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? … tics+apple

meinhimmel

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Thanks, but I just finally figured it out.  I'm using Xmodmap with some accessibility options.

meinhimmel

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Actually nevermind, I didn't solve it.  I fucking hate this.  Ok I can now use F12 or something to right click, but I cannot map with xmodmap with multiple keys. 

Such as <Super_L + b:1> to Pointer_Button3 .

How do you do this in xmodmap?  Also, how do you enable shift+numlock on boot (the accessibility stuff so Pointer_Button3 is a viable option) ?

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

Hi, I was wondering how to make my mouse act like an apple mouse.

Are you wearing your turtleneck? It's a requirement.

</tongue-in-cheek>

In the interests of making sure my post doesn't get deleted (:P), how about this? I'm not sure if it can be made to solve your problem, though. Google also turned up other people complaining how xmodmap won't do what you want (bind one key AND another to something).

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

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Re: Making Mouse Behave like Apple Mouse

nvm, my advice was whack.

Last edited by jacko (2009-02-05 15:15:19)