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List:       freedesktop-xorg-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH evdev v2] Disable middle mouse button emulation by default.
From:       Daniel Stone <daniel () fooishbar ! org>
Date:       2010-05-31 0:31:18
Message-ID: 20100531003118.GA2765 () tempa ! config
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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 09:01:09AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> The AUTO feature was the default, MB emulation was on until a middle mouse
> button was pressed. MB emulation however results in a delay of the first
> press, causing minor annoyances to the users and being generally confusing
> when the behaviour before a button press is different to after a button
> pres.
> 
> Disable the feature by default instead. There's not a lot of two-button mice
> around anymore though and the inability to detect two-button mice makes for
> non-deterministic detection of when the emulation should be on.
> 
> Middle button emulation can be enabled with a configuration snippet:
> 
> Section "InputClass"
>         Identifier "middle button emulation"
>         MatchIsPointer "on"
>         Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> EndSection
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@who-t.net>

Acked-by: Daniel Stone <daniel@fooishbar.org>

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