Tag indicates this is either mouse or GUI related problem (e.g. left button not working or power button grayed out).
Questions tagged [button]
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How to configure extra buttons in Logitech Mouse
Can anyone tell me how to configure all the buttons on a Logitech MX 620 mouse under Ubuntu 12.04?
Specifically, I like to make one of them just the Ctrl key (for control clicking webpages) and another one Ctrl+W to close tabs. I also normally make…
Rick
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binding back/forward to mouse buttons
I have a basic logitech mouse with 5 buttons: left, right, wheel left, wheel, wheel right.
I used to use wheel left and right for going back and forward in my browser or navigator. Now this doesn't work. I've found many solutions, people telling to…
Brent Roose
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Buttons on my bluetooth headset aren't working
I have noticed, that although my "Bluetooth Headset" works perfectly fine, buttons on it, like Previous, Next, Play etc do not.
Why is that?
vava
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Did they forget about the 'Restart' button, or was it just not important?
Seriously, from the top-right corner button, I have Logout, Suspend, Hibernate & Shutdown but shockingly no Restart.
What happened to the Restart button?
Pouria
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Remap side touch button on Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse
I recently purchased a Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse. It uses Bluetooth to connect to my laptop and all regular mouse buttons work perfect under both Linux and Windows 7. What's different about this mouse, though, is that it has a special…
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Hibernate button on ubuntu 20.04
I'm wondering if it's possible to add a hibernate button to the power menu of ubuntu 20.04. Online I found only solutions which require the use of the terminal.
Gennaro Arguzzi
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ButtonMapping - Positional parameters
In an X configuration file mouse buttons can be mapped using a ButtonMapping option:
Section "InputClass"
# ...
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 2"
# ...
EndSection
Changing the order of the numbers changes the behaviour of the…
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How do you make a button that performs a specific command?
How do I create a button on my taskbar along with the time and stuff that performs a specific task? I wanted to be able to disable and enable my keyboard with the help of a keyboard shortcut, but I realized that once I disabled my keyboard with a…
Akshay Alva
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Lubuntu 18.10 LXQt power button actions
My system shuts down when I push te power button instead of suspending like most laptops.
There are many complex forum solutions for that on the net, but I like to solve it with this command:
"gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power…
leeuwtje
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17.10 Display Settings - Missing Apply Button
Just upgraded from 17.04 to 17.10 on a Dell laptop with a DisplayLink dock. I've reinstalled the latest 1.4 DisplayLink drivers - but I'm not sure this is a DisplayLink issue (Maybe it is). I'm also using the latest NVidia 384.90 driver.
When I…
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Nemo file manager: How can I change font color of folder names in toolbar button?
How can I change font color of folder names in the toolbar button in Nemo file manager?
Because I strongly prefer Ambiance theme, I want to keep it, but it messes up the theme of Nemo which is my favourite file manager as shown.
How can I…
BD-TH
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Why is the middle button mapped to pasting?
I'm in love with Ubuntu, but I really HATE this feature. I am a programmer and it happened a number of times that I introduced a bug because I inadvertently pasted some code which didn't belong there. I still have nightmares from debugging.
And I…
Maarten
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Avoid showing cancel button on dialog
I'm using Kubuntu 18.04 with:
$ zenity --version
3.28.1
I want to display a --list dialog with zenity, but I don't want to show the Cancel button (in fact I'm okay if there is no OK either).
It should be easy with the --no-cancel option:
$ zenity…
Bakuriu
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Changes with xinput randomly revert back to default
I'm using Kubuntu 16.04 (xenial) on a laptop with an ELAN Touchscreen together with a DELL 750-AAHC active stylus. One of the buttons on the stylus behaves as a mouse middle-button, and I want it to be a right button instead.
I can achieve this by…
Ratler
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Enable and disable a VPN-connection with one Shortcut (nm-applet)?
Is this possible?
I want to have one Shortcut which works like a On/Off button for a VPN (similar to a wireless on/off Button on many laptops). To achieve this, I would probably need a script involving the network manager?
Reason: I have to connect…
