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Right-clicking with one-button Mac mouse

Archived thread 106852 from Apple PPC Users. Markdown source: Apple_PPC_Users/thread_106852_Right-clicking_with_one-button_Mac_mouse.md

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#1

Hi! I'm a new user of Ubuntu on an old Mac G3 (beige). I've used Unix and Linux for many years, though. I have a question about using the Mac's one-button ADB mouse in X Windows. I understand that there's a special mechanism in the Linux kernel to emulate a multi-button mouse, but I can't find any documentation in Ubuntu that explains it.

So, how do I emulate a right-click on a Mac with a one-button mouse? Or, for that matter, a click on the middle button, which many X Windows applications and window managers require?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

#2

go to system>preferences>keyboard>accesibility>mouse keys

there you have how to configure it for using a right click via keyboard

you have it also explained in the help of hoary

#3

esaenz-d said: go to system>preferences>keyboard>accesibility>mouse keys

there you have how to configure it for using a right click via keyboard

you have it also explained in the help of hoary

That will work with Gnome, but.... Does anyone know how to do the same with Xubuntu? The keyboard preferences don't offer the same customization, it seems.

#4

For the right click F12 key (from a ppc breezy install guide)