mouse back and forward etc....

[Eric Dunbar]

And, one link I forgot: <http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-9457.html>

Eric.

On 2/19/06, Eric Dunbar <eric.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/19/06, Nick Smith <nick.smith79 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i just a new logitech v200 wireless usb laptop mouse, it has the
> > ability for the scroll to go from side to side. since it doesnt have
> > back and forward buttons, is there anyway to program the scroll left
> > and right to be back and forward?
>
> It is possible to reprogram any scroll wheel on your mouse to do
> whatever you want it to do (a scroll wheel is two separate mouse
> buttons (and a third if it has "click" functionality)).
>
> You need an app called imwheel and you'll also want to modify your
> X.org configuration file.
>
> Scroll wheels (whether "normal" or "lateral") behave as if they had
> extra mouse buttons. Scroll up and scroll down (or scroll left/right)
> send separate mouse clicks which you can program to do whatever you
> wish. You can remap left-right to be up-down or do pretty much
> anything under the sun. At one point I had the third and fourth
> buttons on my Kensington Turbomouse acting as if they were the scroll
> wheel (just to see if I could do it). Click on the 4th button would
> scroll up.
>
> Anyway, check out these links and the following wiki. Last year (late
> '04) I decided to get GNOME to play nice with my TurboMouse (11
> buttons in all... only got 5 of 'em working :-(.
>
> Threads:
> <http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-newbie/Week-of-Mon-20041227/006497.html>
> <https://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/IntellimouseMousemanBackForwardButtons>
>
> Wiki:
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntellimouseMousemanBackForwardButtons>