Disable mouse 4 and mouse 5 going back and forward on Linux Mint
On Linux Mint, mouse 4 and mouse 5 are automatically bound to go back and forward in the file manager, all browsers, settings, and probably elsewhere. I was wondering if it was possible to disable this functionality without completely disabling mouse 4 and mouse 5.
The reason for this is I use mouse 4 for push to talk, and having the browser or the file manager go back whenever I want to talk is extremely annoying.
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asked May 25 '17 at 3:50
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On Linux Mint, mouse 4 and mouse 5 are automatically bound to go back and forward in the file manager, all browsers, settings, and probably elsewhere. I was wondering if it was possible to disable this functionality without completely disabling mouse 4 and mouse 5.
The reason for this is I use mouse 4 for push to talk, and having the browser or the file manager go back whenever I want to talk is extremely annoying.
linux mouse linux-mint
asked May 25 '17 at 3:50
kabbkabb
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On Linux Mint, mouse 4 and mouse 5 are automatically bound to go back and forward in the file manager, all browsers, settings, and probably elsewhere. I was wondering if it was possible to disable this functionality without completely disabling mouse 4 and mouse 5.
The reason for this is I use mouse 4 for push to talk, and having the browser or the file manager go back whenever I want to talk is extremely annoying.
linux mouse linux-mint
asked May 25 '17 at 3:50
kabbkabb
1166
On Linux Mint, mouse 4 and mouse 5 are automatically bound to go back and forward in the file manager, all browsers, settings, and probably elsewhere. I was wondering if it was possible to disable this functionality without completely disabling mouse 4 and mouse 5.
The reason for this is I use mouse 4 for push to talk, and having the browser or the file manager go back whenever I want to talk is extremely annoying.
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asked May 25 '17 at 3:50
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The reason mouse buttons 4 and 5 go "back and forward" is that these are the mouse buttons that correspond to scroll wheel move events. So all applications that respond to scroll wheel events will respond to those buttons.
You can use the ButtonMapping option in the X evdev driver section of your xorg.conf file to map your "mouse 4" to another event, e.g. "button 6", and then configure "button 6" for push to talk.
See man evdev for details. Look at your Xorg.log to figure out if your configuration worked after restarting the X server.
answered May 25 '17 at 6:13
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You can remap the buttons with xinput
$ xinput
This should list your input devices. Note the id of your mouse.
$ xinput get-button-map <mouse-id> (mouse id was 14 in my case)
This will print something like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
$ xinput set-button-map <mouse-id> 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This will disable all except the primary buttons.
Source: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=241162
To persist the remap on reboot, create and save the following file-
#/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/my-mouse-config.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "<mouse-name>"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
source - https://askubuntu.com/a/407889/75357
answered Dec 28 '18 at 21:31
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The reason mouse buttons 4 and 5 go "back and forward" is that these are the mouse buttons that correspond to scroll wheel move events. So all applications that respond to scroll wheel events will respond to those buttons.
You can use the ButtonMapping option in the X evdev driver section of your xorg.conf file to map your "mouse 4" to another event, e.g. "button 6", and then configure "button 6" for push to talk.
See man evdev for details. Look at your Xorg.log to figure out if your configuration worked after restarting the X server.
answered May 25 '17 at 6:13
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The reason mouse buttons 4 and 5 go "back and forward" is that these are the mouse buttons that correspond to scroll wheel move events. So all applications that respond to scroll wheel events will respond to those buttons.
You can use the ButtonMapping option in the X evdev driver section of your xorg.conf file to map your "mouse 4" to another event, e.g. "button 6", and then configure "button 6" for push to talk.
See man evdev for details. Look at your Xorg.log to figure out if your configuration worked after restarting the X server.
answered May 25 '17 at 6:13
dirktdirkt
9,25231221
add a comment |
The reason mouse buttons 4 and 5 go "back and forward" is that these are the mouse buttons that correspond to scroll wheel move events. So all applications that respond to scroll wheel events will respond to those buttons.
You can use the ButtonMapping option in the X evdev driver section of your xorg.conf file to map your "mouse 4" to another event, e.g. "button 6", and then configure "button 6" for push to talk.
See man evdev for details. Look at your Xorg.log to figure out if your configuration worked after restarting the X server.
answered May 25 '17 at 6:13
dirktdirkt
9,25231221
The reason mouse buttons 4 and 5 go "back and forward" is that these are the mouse buttons that correspond to scroll wheel move events. So all applications that respond to scroll wheel events will respond to those buttons.
You can use the ButtonMapping option in the X evdev driver section of your xorg.conf file to map your "mouse 4" to another event, e.g. "button 6", and then configure "button 6" for push to talk.
See man evdev for details. Look at your Xorg.log to figure out if your configuration worked after restarting the X server.
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You can remap the buttons with xinput
$ xinput
This should list your input devices. Note the id of your mouse.
$ xinput get-button-map <mouse-id> (mouse id was 14 in my case)
This will print something like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
$ xinput set-button-map <mouse-id> 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This will disable all except the primary buttons.
Source: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=241162
To persist the remap on reboot, create and save the following file-
#/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/my-mouse-config.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "<mouse-name>"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
source - https://askubuntu.com/a/407889/75357
answered Dec 28 '18 at 21:31
charsicharsi
1335
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You can remap the buttons with xinput
$ xinput
This should list your input devices. Note the id of your mouse.
$ xinput get-button-map <mouse-id> (mouse id was 14 in my case)
This will print something like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
$ xinput set-button-map <mouse-id> 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This will disable all except the primary buttons.
Source: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=241162
To persist the remap on reboot, create and save the following file-
#/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/my-mouse-config.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "<mouse-name>"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
source - https://askubuntu.com/a/407889/75357
answered Dec 28 '18 at 21:31
charsicharsi
1335
add a comment |
You can remap the buttons with xinput
$ xinput
This should list your input devices. Note the id of your mouse.
$ xinput get-button-map <mouse-id> (mouse id was 14 in my case)
This will print something like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
$ xinput set-button-map <mouse-id> 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This will disable all except the primary buttons.
Source: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=241162
To persist the remap on reboot, create and save the following file-
#/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/my-mouse-config.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "<mouse-name>"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
source - https://askubuntu.com/a/407889/75357
answered Dec 28 '18 at 21:31
charsicharsi
1335
You can remap the buttons with xinput
$ xinput
This should list your input devices. Note the id of your mouse.
$ xinput get-button-map <mouse-id> (mouse id was 14 in my case)
This will print something like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
$ xinput set-button-map <mouse-id> 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This will disable all except the primary buttons.
Source: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=241162
To persist the remap on reboot, create and save the following file-
#/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/my-mouse-config.conf
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "<mouse-name>"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection
source - https://askubuntu.com/a/407889/75357
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