Subject: Re: emulating right click on one button mice
To: Mark Kirby <mark@coris.org.uk>
From: Geert Hendrickx <ghen@telenet.be>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 08/01/2007 00:40:09
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 06:26:45PM +0100, Mark Kirby wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im running NetBSD on my macbook and being a mac its got only one muse
> button. Im using gnome as my desktop and the lack of a right click is
> getting annoying.
>
> Does anyone know how i can get X or metacity to fake right mouse clicks
> using some key/click combo or some such?
After pressing Shift+Numlock in X11 you can control the mouse cursor
with your numeric keypad. You should Google for all the combinations,
but I know you can emulate button 1/2/3 presses and drags with the
keyboard this way.
Geert