Remap Mouse Buttons with Xmodmap


 
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Old 01-24-2012
Remap Mouse Buttons with Xmodmap

Hi Guys

I am having an issue with remapping a mouse i have a thumb button that i want to remap to be middle click
i used xev to find out that it is button 10 and and that middle click is button 6 and so i tired this but it did not work

Code:
  
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 10  7 8 9 6 "

any help would be great
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Old 01-24-2012
In what way did it "not work"? Did it do anything?
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Old 01-24-2012
it did nothing, but if i do this
Code:
pointer = 1 10 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 11 12

it makes button 10 middle mouse, but it does mean the middle mouse button does not work. is there is a way to get both working as middle click
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