Archived thread 114944 from Apple PPC Users. Markdown source: Apple_PPC_Users/thread_114944_Emulation_2nd_mouse_button_with_Touchpad.md
In MacOS, when I press Ctrl and the (single) Touchpad button, I can make a "right button" mouse click. This does not work in Kubuntu, but is there a way to do so? I often don't have my mouse with me, but I often need to right-click something. The perfect thing would be if it works just like in MacOS, but any other solution would also be fine.
Tom
Normally the right mouse button is F12. Should be the same, as you don't actually click to use it (just hover the mouse at the desired place and hit F12).
You could use the 'mouseemu' package (in the Universe repository). You can set it up to use e.g. Ctrl-click as right click etc.
This is the content of my /etc/default/mouseemu file:
MID_CLICK="-middle 125 272" # Command key + mouse click RIGHT_CLICK="-right 29 272" # Control key + mouse click SCROLL="-scroll 56" # Alt key + mouse movement TYPING_BLOCK="-typing-block 300" # block mouse for 300ms after a keypress
Regards, Niels Kristian
You could use the 'mouseemu' package (in the Universe repository). You can set it up to use e.g. Ctrl-click as right click etc.
This is the content of my /etc/default/mouseemu file:
MID_CLICK="-middle 125 272" # Command key + mouse click RIGHT_CLICK="-right 29 272" # Control key + mouse click SCROLL="-scroll 56" # Alt key + mouse movement TYPING_BLOCK="-typing-block 300" # block mouse for 300ms after a keypress
Regards, Niels Kristian
A word of warning. It can cause odd mouse behavior.
A word of warning. It can cause odd mouse behavior.
Yes, the mouse seems to freeze once in a while, but it is still better than no middle and right mouse buttons (I use an old Apple ISO keyboard with no function keys, so I cannot use F11 and F12).
Regards, Niels Kristian