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Idea #3046: Integrate "extra buttons" in mouse properties

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #120: Mouse Button Extension.
Written by frandavid100 the 4 Mar 08 at 11:02. Category: Hardware support. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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I have just realised in Ubuntu Brainstorm (http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/120/) that a program called BTNX can help users who have a mouse with additional buttons get the most of their mice.

The interface to it, however, is quite complicated and not as simple as we would like for a Gnome app. It is quite undiscoverable, too, just because a user trying to configure their mouse is naturally going to look in system → preferences → mouse.

I think having a simplified frontend to BTNX in the mouse preferences menu would be the perfect solution. I have made a quick mockup:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3476/pantallazo1te7.png

As you can see, the interface is heavily influenced by the keyboard shortcut menu. The idea is, you hit "detect a button", then click the button you want to configure; then you can give it a name, an effect -key combination or command- specify the input for it.
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Written by frandavid100 the 4 Mar 08 at 11:02.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3046 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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RyanPrior wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 21:04
A related bug is this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/146160

Needs-Packaging: BTNX

The first step towards integrating extra mouse buttons is getting BTNX in Main!

bakey wrote on the 4 Mar 08 at 21:45
As an MX518 user, this is relevant to my interest. Voted up!

frandavid100 wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 07:52
I don't really think this is a dupe of #120. That one only asks for inclusion of BTNX, this asks for something completely different - albeit based on it.

aeischeid wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 21:23
I also think this is different from #120. Only one of these ideas should be used though. I think this one may be the better of the two

blazoner wrote on the 6 Mar 08 at 21:15
As I see it, we could make it work by including a simplified UI for btnx-config within a tab of the "Mouse Properties" dialog, and with an "advanced" check box which would launch the full-fledged application. Once additional buttons are detected, it would cause btnx to run at startup.


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