My mouse is loud, and I have set these commands
bindsym Mod1+F1 exec xdotool click 1
bindsym Mod1+F2 exec xdotool click 2
bindsym Mod1+F3 exec xdotool click 3
They click fine but don't support drag and drop functionality.
I'm in situation where I want to move real mouse for precise positioning but emulate clicks and drags with notebook keyboard keys.
Is there a way to accomplish this ?
bindsym wasn't enough, so I used xbindkeys for this
# inside ~/.xbindkeysrc
"xdotool mousedown 1"
Alt + F1
"xdotool mouseup 1"
Alt + F1 + Release
# same for mouse2 F2 and mouse3 F3
There was F1, F2, F3 hold key repetition problem, luckily xset has option to disable repeat for specific keycodes
xset -r 67
xset -r 68
xset -r 69
Clicks and drags work well now
Run:
setxkbmap -option keypad:pointerkeys
shift+numlock now will activate the numpad mouse mode:
7, 8 ,9 are the up directions 4, 6 are left and right 1, 2, 3 are the down directions / selects the left mouse key * selects the middle mouse key - selects the right mouse key Press 5 or + do to the actual mouseclick Press 0/Ins to press and hold the selected mouse key (e.g. for dragging something) Press ./Del to release the currently selected mouse key. First select the mouse key you want to (ab)use by pressing / for left mouse key, - for the right botton or * for the middle and then press 5 to do the actual click-
Thanks for great answer. I use notebook without numpad though. I'm in weird situation where I can and prefer to move real mouse but click with keyboard keys. I'll add this to main question to make things clear
#sudo apt install xdotool
bindsym $mod+Return exec xdotool click 1
bindsym Mod4+F2 exec xdotool click 2
bindsym Mod4+Return exec xdotool click 3
bindsym Mod4+Up exec xdotool click 4 #прокрутка вверх
bindsym Mod4+Down exec xdotool click 5 #прокрутка вниз
bindsym $mod+Up exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 -15
bindsym $mod+Down exec xdotool mousemove_relative 0 15
bindsym $mod+Right exec xdotool mousemove_relative 15 0
bindsym $mod+Left exec xdotool mousemove_relative -- -15 0
It might be posible like this:
bindsym Mod1+F1 exec --no-startup-id xdotool mousedown 1
bindsym --release Mod1+F1 exec --no-startup-id xdotool mouseup 1
You'll have to try it out.
Thanks. I tested in blender and then xev. xev says both mousedown and mouseup events fire after key release
Asked: 2015-10-12 01:20:16 +0000
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