This section shows some example InputDevice section for
popular mice. All the examples assume that the mouse is connected to
the PS/2 mouse port, and the OS supports the PS/2 mouse initialization.
It is also assumed that /dev/mouse is
a link to the PS/2 mouse port.
Logitech MouseMan+ has 4 buttons and a wheel. The following example makes the wheel movement available as the button 5 and 6.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "MouseMan+" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2" Option "Buttons" "6" Option "ZAxisMapping" "5 6" EndSection
You can change button number assignment using the xmodmap
command AFTER you start the X server with the above configuration.
You may not like to use the wheel as the button 2 and rather want
the side button (button 4) act like the button 2. You may also
want to map the wheel movement to the button 4 and 5.
This can be done by the following command:
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 6 3 2 4 5"
After this command is run, the correspondence between the buttons and button numbers will be as shown in the following table.
Physical Buttons Reported as: ------------------------------------ 1 Left Button Button 1 2 Wheel Button Button 6 3 Right Button Button 3 4 Side Button Button 2 5 Wheel Negative Move Button 4 6 Wheel Positive Move Button 5
For the MS IntelliMouse Explorer which as a wheel and 5 buttons,
you may have the following InputDevice section.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "IntelliMouse Explorer" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection
The IntelliMouse Explorer has 5 buttons, thus, you should give "7"
to the Buttons option if you want to map the wheel movement
to buttons (6 and 7).
With this configuration, the correspondence between the buttons and
button numbers will be as follows:
Physical Buttons Reported as: ------------------------------------ 1 Left Button Button 1 2 Wheel Button Button 2 3 Right Button Button 3 4 Side Button 1 Button 4 5 Side Button 2 Button 5 6 Wheel Negative Move Button 6 7 Wheel Positive Move Button 7
You can change button number assignment using xmodmap
AFTER you started the X server with the above configuration.
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 7 5 6"
The above command will moves the side button 2 to the button 7 and make the wheel movement reported as the button 5 and 6. See the table below.
Physical Buttons Reported as: ------------------------------------ 1 Left Button Button 1 2 Wheel Button Button 2 3 Right Button Button 3 4 Side Button 1 Button 4 5 Side Button 2 Button 7 6 Wheel Negative Move Button 5 7 Wheel Positive Move Button 6
For the A4 Tech WinEasy mouse which has two wheels and 3 buttons,
you may have the following InputDevice section.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "WinEasy" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection
The movement of the first wheel is mapped to the button 4 and 5. The second wheel's movement will be reported as the buttons 6 and 7.
The Kensington Expert mouse is really a trackball. It has 4 buttons arranged in a rectangle around the ball.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "DLB" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ThinkingMousePS/2" Option "Buttons" "3" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "DragLockButtons" "2 1 4 3" EndSection
Because button 2 is being used as a drag lock, it can not be
used as an ordinary button. However, it can be activated by
using the "Emulate3Buttons" feature. However, some people my
be unable to press two buttons at the same time. They may
prefer the following InputDevice section which
defines button 4 as a master drag lock button, and leaves
button 2 free for ordinary use.
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "MasterDLB" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ThinkingMousePS/2" Option "Buttons" "3" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "DragLockButtons" "4" EndSection