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I just got a logitech t400 mouse and everything is working well, except I want to remap the "top" part of the middle mouse to actual middle mouse function.

When I run xev, and capture the clicks, all the mouse buttons return a ButtonPress/ButtonRelease event but the top part of the middle button returns a KeyPress/KeyRelease event as :

KeyPress event, serial 35, synthetic NO, window 0x5200001,
root 0x31d, subw 0x0, time 630089839, (80,128), root:(2871,588),
state 0x10, keycode 133 (keysym 0x31d, (no name)), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
XmbLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x5200001,
root 0x31d, subw 0x0, time 630089983, (80,128), root:(2871,588),
state 0x50, keycode 133 (keysym 0x31d, (no name)), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 bytes: 
XFilterEvent returns: False

The bottom part of the middle button works fine, and returns : 

ButtonPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x5200001,
root 0x31d, subw 0x0, time 630137726, (10,171), root:(2801,631),
state 0x10, button 2, same_screen YES

ButtonRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x5200001,
root 0x31d, subw 0x0, time 630138960, (10,171), root:(2801,631),
state 0x210, button 2, same_screen YES

I would like the remap the top part the same way as the bottom part, is this possible with xmodmap ?

thanks!

bahamat
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I’ve tried this as well, and eventually found – buried deep in the docs – that this is not possible.

This forum post contains C code that uses the XSendEvent function to emulate a button press. You could start it using xbindkeys, for example.

The forum thread also suggests to use xdotool. Disclaimer: I’ve not tried it yet.

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