Save with one mouse button

Hello
I am trying to view a PDF from my school webmail. When I click on the link to the attachment I get a message that says "To open the attachment you must save this file to disk." Then goes on to tell me about right clicking on the mouse and if I only have one button to hold the button down and then select save. I tried holding down the mouse button and pressing the apple key and "S" and it saves the webpage to my desktop not the attachment. How do I view this PDF? Thanks.

Look under your system preferences, mouse and you'll find a really cool option to do a 2-figure right-click equivalent (put 2 fingers on the trackpad, then click). Works wonderful!!

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How do I create multiple TEBs with one submit button on one page in Captivate 7

I've read other posts on this topic (which refer primarily to earlier versions of Captivate) and am still at a loss as to how to put multiple text entry boxes on a page with one submit button. Here's my scenario:
I am creating test questions.
Each test question has multiple text entry boxes (for numbers only).
Student should be able to enter numbers into the textboxes in any order.
Then there is one Submit button that should initiate validating all the text entries, and move to a scoring page (so I can test it). (What would be best is if this button not only did the above, but also submitted scores to the LMS. But that is not my question at this time.)
I'd like this question to be set up as a template so that I can duplicate it, be able to add or delete text boxes and change the values required in the text boxes.
Here is an image of a sample question page with multiple TEBs. The yellow boxes tell the student where they need to enter text:
Any help or direction to help is appreciated!!

I think the problem here is that Arlhoolie wants all of the different TEBs to behave as if they were part of a single interaction that submits only ONE result to the quiz. Using multiple TEBs in Captivate means that you have multiple scored objects and therefore multiple results being submitted to the quiz.
If you want a single Success or Failure result submitted to the quiz based on the results from multiple interactive objects then there really is no simple way to do it. But you could try using the Infosemantics Interactive Master widget to combine all the TEBs as slave objects that report to the Master Widget, which then reports a single score to the quiz based on the results from the slave objects.
You can learn more about the Master widget here:
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-widgets/interactive-master
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/interactivemaster/help
You can download a free trial version of the widget here:
http://www.infosemantics.com.au/adobe-captivate-widgets/download-free-trial-widgets
One caveat you should be aware of is that this widget is not HTML5 compatible.

DoDragDrop oddity with Right Mouse Button

Hi all,
More experimentation - today with Drag & Drop.
Everything seems fine when performing this with the left mouse button, but when initiating this from WPF
with the right mouse button it appears to trigger the PreviewDrop event on the originating object.
I've tried intercepting QueryContinueDragHandler, which is fired and is having an Action set of Continue - all to no avail.
Much time with google shows no examples of people using the right mouse button with DoDragDrop, and a single query on this forum in September with someone having a similar problem. No replies to that thread - hopeing for more luck today!
So, has anyone successfully initiated a system based Drag/Drop using the right mouse button? In this case I'm working with a ListView, but I suspect that is fairly irrelevant.
Events occuring with Right Mouse Button depressed (and dragging a small way) are:
Call to: System.Windows.DragDrop.DoDragDrop
Callback: DropSource_ContinueDragEventHandler
Callback: DropTarget_PreviewDragEnter
Callback: DropSource_ContinueDragEventHandler
Callback: DropTarget_PreviewDrop
With the Left Mouse Button:
Call to: System.Windows.DragDrop.DoDragDrop
Callback: DropSource_ContinueDragEventHandler
Callback: DropTarget_PreviewDragEnter
Callback: DropSource_ContinueDragEventHandler
Callback: DropSource_ContinueDragEventHandler
Callback: DropSource_ContinueDragEventHandler
etc...
Anyone aware of any issues in this area?
Thanks,
Glyn
PS: The behaviour is different if dragging something from another application / desktop to a drop target, so it appears to be related to the originating side of things. ie, there is no problem when dragging an object from the desktop or similar.

Hmm - seem to have found the problem - it is related to the ContinueDragEventHandler!
Here is a suitable handler for dealing with Left & Right mouse button drags
You can activate it using:
DragDrop.AddQueryContinueDragHandler(this, QueryContinueDragHandler);
private void QueryContinueDragHandler(Object source, QueryContinueDragEventArgs e)
    e.Handled = true;
    // Check if we need to bail
    if (e.EscapePressed)
        e.Action = DragAction.Cancel;
        return;
    // Now, default to actually having dropped
    e.Action = DragAction.Drop;
    if ((e.KeyStates & DragDropKeyStates.LeftMouseButton) != DragDropKeyStates.None)
        // Still dragging with Left Mouse Button
        e.Action = DragAction.Continue;
    else if ((e.KeyStates & DragDropKeyStates.RightMouseButton) != DragDropKeyStates.None)
        // Still dragging with Right Mouse Button
        e.Action = DragAction.Continue;

PDF form with one submit button that prints form and sanves PDF with data with a unique file name

We have a long medical form that patients can fill out at kiosks as they wait to see a doctor. We want one button so that the patient can print out the form with one click (and finish filling it out by hand if it's not finished already) and the same button click will save the form with a unique file name (using last name, first name, date, and/or email address so that the identity of the person who filled out the form will be readily apparent to anyone who wants to grab the user's responses later). Is Acrobat capable of doing something like this? LiveCycle Designer maybe? And if we continue with the PDF form and add a submit button, is there a way to program the button click to print and to save?
Thank you in advance of any suggestions that might accomplish this task.

I am not sure about the print, but it can probably be done -- possibly with a bit of JavaScript. As to the saving of the form, that is not reasonable at a kiosk. You would want the data submitted to a server (particularly with patient data), no e-mail or accessible drive. You can collect the data and put it in a database or import it to the form for printing yourself.

Open Tabs with Middle Mouse Button in Linux FF

Hey all, the issue I'm seeing is this:
I can open and close tabs, on Windows Firefox, with the wheel (middle button) on the mouse.
Once I go back over to Linux Firefox (v3/4 both) (Fedora 12/13) I can't get it to work. I've even seen forum posts elsewhere where some people are even having trouble with the newest Fedora 14.
The mouse is a [http://www.logitech.com/en-us/for-business/products/keyboard-mice-combos/devices/879 Logitech RX300]; a simple 3-button mouse where the middle button is the scroll wheel. I've seen forum posts about this mouse specifically - but in relation to Windows problems.
I'd very much like to find out what the root of this problem is and how to fix it.
If that is too slippery, even a suggestion of a known-good working mouse of the same type would be helpful. If the answer is to get away from the one I have then I might just.
If anyone can lend some insights my sanity would be greatly appreciative.
Thanks in advance,
TT

And, wouldn't you know it, an hour after posting I found the simple solution...
Someone suggested that the Logitech RX300 mouse had a problem with mapping the middle (wheel) mouse button - try another one.
I tried 4 various mice - they all worked. The Logitech RX30x mice needs some adjustments.

Can't open a new tab with the + for tabs. Can open with Mid mouse button. Nightly.

When I click The + to open a new tab in Nightly, it does nothing. I can open new tabs with mid ouse button, or right click>open in new tab. Just cant open a new tab via the + button. Started 3 updates ago in nightly (3 days ago pretty much).

Are you using a 32 bit Nightly build or a 64 bit Nightly build?
The 64 bit Nightly build for Windows is only generated to test for compilation errors and doesn't undergo all the tests that other builds get, so the risk that something goes wrong can be quite high.<br />
So if you do use the 64 bit version then try the 32 bit version to see if you still have this problem.
Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See "Creating a profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be cautious not to copy corrupted files to avoid carrying over the problem.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

JTabbedPane with one close button for all tabs

Hello,
there have several solutions been posted for JTabbedPane subclasses that provide tabs with icons working as close buttons on each tab. I think this is not user friendly because the user can hit the close button accidentally when selecting a tab. And a "really close?" dialog is clumsy.
Therefore I prefer the Netscape browser style: There's only one close button rightmost of the tabs that closes the selected tab. But I don't have an idea how to achieve this.
Does anyone have a solution or an idea? Thanks in advance for help.

This solution has been posted several times and is not what I wanted. But I rewrote the thing so that
- the close buttons are on the right hand side of each tab so that it is conformant with Eclipse style, and
- the close buttons work only with a left click (see code below).
I just wonder how I can move the text a little bit to the left so that the appearence is a bit more balanced. Can someone help, please?
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FontMetrics;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTabbedPaneUI;
class TabbedPaneCloseButtonUI extends BasicTabbedPaneUI {
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        Graphics g,
        int tabPlacement,
        Rectangle[] rects,
        int tabIndex,
        Rectangle iconRect,
        Rectangle textRect) {
        super.paintTab(g, tabPlacement, rects, tabIndex, iconRect, textRect);
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        g.setColor(Color.black);
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        g.drawLine(
            rect.x + rect.width -16,
            rect.y + 7,
            rect.x + rect.width -10,
            rect.y + 13);
        g.drawLine(
            rect.x + rect.width -10,
            rect.y + 7,
            rect.x + rect.width -16,
            rect.y + 13);
        g.drawLine(
            rect.x + rect.width -15,
            rect.y + 7,
            rect.x + rect.width -9,
            rect.y + 13);
        g.drawLine(
            rect.x + rect.width -9,
            rect.y + 7,
            rect.x + rect.width -15,
            rect.y + 13);
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        int tabPlacement,
        int tabIndex,
        FontMetrics metrics) {
        return super.calculateTabWidth(tabPlacement, tabIndex, metrics) + 24;
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        return new MyMouseHandler();
    class MyMouseHandler extends MouseHandler {
        public MyMouseHandler() {
            super();
        public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
            int x = e.getX();
            int y = e.getY();
            int tabIndex = -1;
            int tabCount = tabPane.getTabCount();
            for (int i = 0; i < tabCount; i++) {
                if (rects.contains(x, y)) {
tabIndex = i;
break;
     if (tabIndex >= 0 && ! e.isPopupTrigger()) {
Rectangle tabRect = rects[tabIndex];
y = y - tabRect.y;
if ((x >= tabRect.x + tabRect.width - 18)
&& (x <= tabRect.x + tabRect.width - 8)
&& (y >= 5)
&& (y <= 15)) {
tabPane.remove(tabIndex);
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
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JFrame frame;
JTabbedPane tabPane;
public TabbedPaneWithCloseButtons() throws Exception {
frame=new JFrame();
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
tabPane=new JTabbedPane();
tabPane.addTab("test1xxxxxxxxxxxxxx", new JLabel("1"));
tabPane.addTab("test2xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", new ImageIcon("images/icon.gif"), new JLabel("2"));
tabPane.addTab("test3xxxxxxxx", new JLabel("3"));
tabPane.setUI(new TabbedPaneCloseButtonUI());
frame.getContentPane().add(tabPane);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(200,200);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
TabbedPaneWithCloseButtons test=new TabbedPaneWithCloseButtons();

SPA50X transfer with one-touch button

Hi to All!
Sorry for my English first! :-)
I'm using SPA504G phones with IP-PBX ZyXEL X8004. One-touch buttons is configured as described in manuals: fnc=sd+cp+blf; sub=UserID@$PROXY
Here is my problem: when I want to transfer incoming call to other extension by pressing desired One-touch button, it executes a BLIND transfer, not attended transfer. There's two interesting fields on SIP tab of the web interfacenamed 'Hold Target Before REFER' and 'Keep Referee When REFER Failed', but changing of values of them does not changing result.
Please explain meaning of these fields to me, how it works and what should I do to retrieve ATTENDED TRANSFER by pressing One-touch button.
Thanks a lot!
Ruslan

Hi Ruslan,
For me to answer this question I would need to set up one in our lab and see if that works. For that, I would suggest you to give us a call at 1-866-606-1866 at any time so we can create a case and assist you further.
Meanwhile, you can try to turn off the Blind transfer (Phone-->Supplimenting Services) and that should allow the attendent transfer. Then, add xferlx to the ringing key list. So, while the call is either ringing or is connected, press the *xferLx line key. If only one other call is on hold, the active call is connected to the call on hold. Otherwise, the user is prompted to select the Line key to transfer the call to.
Hope that helps.
Sincerely,
Alena Patterson
Cisco Small Business Engineer
CCNA

I can't remove Yandex Elements from the Open menu list with right mouse button and Tools menu although I removed Yandex. I think it slows down Firefox.

I downloaded Freeyoutube downloader from internet and somehow got yandex installed in my computer with toolbars on firefox.Despite I removed Yandex from my computer Yandex elements still stays in open menu when right mouse button clicked and in the Tools menu. I tried to uninstall Firefox, remove yandex registry from windows registry and restart computer, and then reinstall firefox, Yandex elements still hangs there. Firefox is now running very slow compared to the running before Yandex.

hello, please try all these steps:
# [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems|reset firefox]] (this will keep your bookmarks and passwords)
# afterwards go to the firefox menu [[Image:New Fx Menu]] > addons > extensions and in case there are still extensions listed there, disable them.
# finally run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free free version of malwarebytes] and [http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ adwcleaner] to make sure that adware isn't present in other places of your system as well.
[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]

JTable selection _only_ with right mouse button

I have a JTable and my code is responsible for selection. All selection should only be done with the right mouse button. The left on will be used for other purposes. However, I do not know how to stop selection with the left mouse button.
Currently selecting with the right mouse button does the selection in "my way". Klicking with the left mouse button still offers selection the "default way". I want to disable this default way. How can this be done?

First you get the ListSelectionModel of the jtable. Then use setSelectionInterval to set selection. Look at following code:
table_list.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
showPopUp(e);
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e){
showPopUp(e);
private void showPopUp(MouseEvent e){
if (e.isPopupTrigger()){
menu_point.setLocation(e.getPoint());
ListSelectionModel lsm = table_list.getSelectionModel();
lsm.setSelectionInterval(table_list.rowAtPoint(menu_point),table_list.rowAtPoint(menu_point));
popup.show(e.getComponent(),e.getX(),e.getY());
});

[SOLVED] [Gnome 3] Move/resize with alt+mouse button not working

Hi,
Anyone have any ideas why I can't move or resize windows in Gnome 3 with the alt key + mouse button?
From what I've read it should be possible to do this in Gnome 3, or have they removed it?
The alt key works fine for other tasks, like alt+f4. By looking at xev the keyboard seems to generate a correct alt key as well:
KeyPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x2200001,
root 0x15d, subw 0x0, time 74162047, (-380,478), root:(2169,522),
state 0x0, keycode 64 (keysym 0xffe9, Alt_L), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes:
XFilterEvent returns: False
Both the middle and the right mouse button works fine for other stuff, like pasting and opening menus.
Anyone have any ideas?
Last edited by mr_echo (2011-09-23 20:18:45)

I suffer the same problems. metacity is already installed. Any idea what else I might look for?
And did it reactivate Alt+right-click to resize?
For geoffm and anyone who stumbles across this, as per http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions … dows-again, you used to be able to use the gconf editor, but now it's (from the command line)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences resize-with-right-button true
This nearly did my head in back when it changed.. now I just have to find out how to change the behaviour that seems to have cropped up in latest gnome 3.10 update, where you have to click the _left_ mouse button to finish/stop the resize.. Quite annoying

Submitting multiple forms with one Submit button?

I'm working to create a web app for the iphone and am using
an apple developed css within an html page. In doing so I have
created three forms within the single page and would like to submit
them simultaneously with one submit. I've looked and tried a few
javascripts but nothing has worked thus far. All three forms call
the same action (php).
Is this possible using js or another function?

.oO(iRyFlash)
>I'm working to create a web app for the iphone and am
using an apple developed
>css within an html page. In doing so I have created three
forms within the
>single page and would like to submit them simultaneously
with one submit. I've
>looked and tried a few javascripts but nothing has worked
thus far. All three
>forms call the same action (php).
>
> Is this possible using js or another function?
Make it a single form.
Micha

Problem highlighting and moving things with left mouse button on Sat A100

Hi,
my problem started after a reinstall, I wanted to highlight something on a web page, then copy and paste it, but couldn't.
Then I wanted to move the bar on a excel worksheet, but couldn't, the cursor changes shape etc nut it wont let me highlight or move stuff?
(i've downloaded the most recent drivers etc)
It's a bit like the right and left click actions are a bit mixed up?
Any ideas?
Thanks
Grant

Mouse button configuration can be set for right-handed and left-handed users.
Have you checked this option in mouse properties?

Evdev kills X with mouse buttons

Hi
I'm new to Arch so please have some patience.
I have a Logitech MX3100 mouse/kbd combo (MX1000 mouse), connected via usb
I just installed Arch yesterday and to get all my mouse buttons working I tried to use evdev, now the problem is if I use evdev, X crash instantly with any mouse button click other than button1. If I don't specify the event (as documented in the wiki) the mouse doesn't work at all.
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Evdev Mouse"
Driver "evdev"
Option "device" "/dev/input/event5"
# Option "Name" "Logitech USB Reciever"
Option "SendCoreEvents" #CorePointer"
Option "Buttons" "12"
EndSection
This is the backtrace from log
Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x7e) [0x80d9e0e]
1: [0xb7fdc420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//evdev_drv.so [0xb722d8bd]
3: X [0x80d9f8a]
4: X [0x80b4fb6]
5: [0xb7fdc420]
6: X(Dispatch+0x82) [0x808c602]
7: X(main+0x48b) [0x8073d5b]
8: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe0) [0xb7db7390]
9: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x201) [0x80730d1]
Other interesting parts of the log:
(**) Evdev Mouse: always reports core events
(II) Evdev Mouse: Found 4 relative axes.
(II) Evdev Mouse: Configuring as pointer.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Button(null)MapTo: Button 96 already claimed.
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to parse 'Button 96' as a map specifier.
(II) Evdev Mouse: Found 96 mouse buttons
(II) Evdev Mouse: Configured 96 mouse buttons.
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) USB Mouse: always reports core events
(II) USB Mouse: Found 4 relative axes.
(II) USB Mouse: Configuring as pointer.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'null' as a map specifier string.
(EE) USB Mouse: Button(null)MapTo: Button 96 already claimed.
(EE) USB Mouse: Unable to parse 'Button 96' as a map specifier.
(II) USB Mouse: Found 96 mouse buttons
(II) USB Mouse: Configured 96 mouse buttons.
(II) evaluating device (USB Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) evaluating device (Evdev Mouse)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Evdev Mouse" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(**) USB Mouse: 2 valuators.
(**) USB Mouse: Configuring in Absolute mode.
(**) USB Mouse: Registering 96 buttons.
evdev: leds are 0x0 for device 2
(II) USB Mouse: Init
(**) Evdev Mouse: 2 valuators.
(**) Evdev Mouse: Configuring in Absolute mode.
(**) Evdev Mouse: Registering 96 buttons.
evdev: leds are 0x0 for device 3
(II) Evdev Mouse: Init
(II) USB Mouse: On
(II) Evdev Mouse: On
(EE) Evdev Mouse: Unable to grab device (Device or resource busy).

Hi Eradest,
I guess there is some confusion since it's a mouse/kbd combo, it creates 2 events, one for the keyboard og 1 for the mouse, and the tricky part is that the one for the mouse also features some extra keyboard keys.
I tried your suggestion, but still same result, if I don't specify event, then the mouse doesn't work.
If I comment out both mouse and keyboard X autodetect it and use evdev for both it seems, however then I have the problem that X crash when I click any other mouse button than button1
I've also tried using the default keyboard setting and let X autodetect it, but it makes no difference.
This is the part of my xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
# InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse" "CorePointer"
# InputDevice "Evdev Mouse" "SendCoreEvents" #"CorePointer"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Evdev Mouse"
Driver "evdev"
# Option "device" "/dev/input/event6"
Option "Name" "Logitech USB Reciever"
# Option "SendCoreEvents"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Buttons" "12"
EndSection
Last edited by kayrune (2007-12-15 19:11:41)

Expose / Spaces function(s) fail to work with mouse buttons, ongoing issue

Please see this now very old thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2131775&start=0&start=0
This is an issue as old as snow leopard itself. The problem varies in that it can effect spaces or expose. When using a non-apple mouse, one or more of these functions will fail to perform with a mouse button indefinitely as soon as a restart has taken place.
In my particular case, whatever mouse button I assign to "show desktop" fails to function entirely after a restart has taken place. This remains true even if I re-apply the setting in system preferences, such as changing it to another button, or changing it to nothing, and back. I can still use keyboard shortcuts and screen corners to activate "show desktop". I can continue to use other expose and spaces features with the properly assigned mouse keys. Only one feature, in my case "show desktop", fails to function with -any- mouse button after a restart.
To make this even more clear, this behavior has remained the same and consistent for the 14 months I've had snow leopard. It has even continued to exist after I recently removed and recreated my HFS+ partition, and re-installed OS 10.6, entirely from scratch. It did not exist whatsoever for the year and a month I had OS 10.5 leopard, before upgrading to 10.6. This behavior was +literally introduced upon installing snow leopard+. I have a razer death adder 1500 DPI mouse.
Several others share the exact same symptoms, with only the affected expose/spaces function and mouse model differing. A sibling of mine experienced the +exact same issue+ with an entirely different mac model and the exact same model of mouse.
As a relatively unimportant aside, certain "tricks" seem to fix the issue, but only temporarily (one involves moving the location of spaces and/or expose out of the utilities folder, another involves deleting "com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist" from ~/Library/Preferences). Unfortunately, these tricks:
A. always only fix the problem temporarily, the issue returns
B. do not address whatever is causing the issue in the first place
This is really frustrating quite a few people, as the linked-to thread can attest to. Along with the obvious, this frustration is magnified because:
A. This issue +does not appear+ to involve terribly challenging technical difficulties (i.e., merely mouse button behaviors).
B. This issue did not seem to exist before OS 10.6.
C. This issue, with the previous two points above in mind, has remained unaddressed for 14-plus months - the entire duration of Mac OS 10.6 snow leopard. I myself originally figured a reasonable time for this issue to be addressed & resolved would be a matter of +a few days+, weeks at most, and at the very least, thought I'd be using these beloved features again +well over a year ago+.
To put it frankly, what the %$#&? Why hasn't this been addressed yet?
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Anyone even care? I submitted this as feedback to apple, and haven't got a reply through that route, either.

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