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Idea #228: Mouse config GUI

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #120: Mouse Button Extension.
Written by monos98 the 28 Feb 08 at 22:05. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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Ubuntu needs a better mouse configuration GUI that will support a mouse with more than three buttons.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #228
Written by monos98 the 28 Feb 08 at 22:05.
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Solution #2: configure more mouse senstitivity
Written by blaize the 11 Dec 09 at 20:53.
I'm used to moving it around with my fingertips keeping my hand still (it's faster and easier on the wrist). In Ubuntu I've got all the mouse configuration set to highest and it still feels like I could walk to the shops and get myself a snack in the time it takes me to get the mouse pointer from one corner of the screen to the other.

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drewtown wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 23:31
This is really important for us that have 7 or 9 mouse buttons. I really think it would be great if we could configure per application too.

bigdufstuff wrote on the 28 Feb 08 at 23:37
What exactly do you want to config? Wouldn't it make more sense for the mouse's buttons to just work?

Carlton Bale wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 00:20
Include the QSynaptics touchpad config utility by default.

jamessnell wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:05
I'd just like a GUI to set my mouse speed. Tired of editing xorg.conf, yes I can do it, but now that I'm quite comfortable with it, I'm no longer interested in spending my time on it.

Of course, if my config files were easy to merge with a fresh installation, then I guess this wouldn't be AS big of a deal to me.

Still, it's simple user functionality that a gui should exist for.

See Ubuntu Lifesaver idea: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/375/

SEMW wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 03:48
>What exactly do you want to config? Wouldn't it make more sense for the
>mouse's buttons to just work?

You're right that they need to "just work" in the sense of being recognised, but you still need an interface to configure what they do!

If, say, a user wants to use their two side buttons to Forward and Back, but Ubuntu automatically assigns them to copy and paste and gives them no GUI to change them, they certainly won't feel that it's "just worked".

thetictacaddict wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 05:26
Per-device configuration would also be helpful. For example,my wireless mouse is way more sensitive than my touchpad and it would be great if I could configure them individually.

Abatrour wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 08:16
It also needs more options for notebook touchpad devices. My notebook's virtual scrollwheel is too wide and overlaps the standard touch area by 1/3 causing me to scroll around on websites by accident.

ilektron wrote on the 16 Jul 08 at 08:41
My suggestion is to allow the user to assign actions to each of the, say 31 or however many mouse buttons they may have. I have set up 9 button mice to have back and forward functionality, but it involved too much software installation and .conf editing for the average user.

I second the per device thing as well. I have a high resolution laser mouse that causes the pointer to go so fast it flattens and gains mass. Is there some way to detect DPI?


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