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Setting to let mouse events pass through GUI application
I am using compiz to make an app transparent. I would like to be able to click through the app as well.
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There are any settings in the GUI (Compiz) or via CLI to be able to set up an application ...
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Can I have back right/middle-click maximise for horizontal/vertical maximise?
This was a lovely feature of previous window managers. Sure now I can drag a window to the left or right and it will occupy the full vertical height and half the horizontal width, but what about ...
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mouse touch pad becomes unresponsive some times
I have a dual boot laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 loaded.Things have been working fine
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 from past 1.5 years, recently I came up with this problem that the touchpad ...
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Impossible to select folders and files with mouse on 12.04
My problem is very simple apparently but a tricky one.
I just installed the Ubuntu 12.04(1) along with the Gnome3-shell environment on my new PC desktop Acer Aspire X3995 (see config below). ...
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Can not move anything in Ubuntu 12.04
This is quite annoying. For some reason I can not hold anything with my mouse.
For example.
I can not drag a window by holding its title bar.
I can not move the scroll bar of any window by ...
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Use middle mouse button to initiate Gnome-shell activities overlay?
Just thought it'd be a swift option for those of us who are mouse-inclined. Does anyone know how I can change the function of the middle mouse button to initiate the activities overview in ...
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Gnome 3.4 Alt + Tab + mouse has delay
When hitting Alt + Tab it would be great to not have delay if you want to switch app with mouse. God example is how Mac OS have did it, it has instant responsiveness.
Is there a way to make the same ...
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Why doesn't my mouse work in Gnome-shell at 30-bit color depth?
Title pretty much says it. Keyboard shortcuts are fine. But the mouse interaction, Clicking on anything but desktop icons is... not happening.
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Bind Mouse clicks on compiz
I'm trying to configure the water effect on Compiz... and I had it set . But when I tried to use the right click, I suppoused it would be and it doesn't allow me to do it.
Any ideas?
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Tweaking Gnome 3 further [closed]
I was wondering if there are more ways to customize Gnome 3, other than the wonderful extensions, and gnome-tweak-tool.
Mostly, I'm just looking for small things, such as making the workspace ...
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2answers
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Mouse selects everything on its own
I have a strange problem that my mouse keeps selecting everything I point to. For example, if I open Rhythmbox, then at the top of the screen there is a text which says which song is playing. If I ...
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How can I increase the mouse cursor size and change its color in Unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change cursor in Unity?
How can I increase the mouse cursor size? I use my computer plugged to a TV far from me. I need to increase the mouse cursor to make it ...
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marble mouse middle click fail in 12.04
On recently upgrading to 12.04, I find that the middle click with my logictec marble mouse doesn't work any more (formally achieved by clicking both buttons). Anoying since I can't do a middle-click ...
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Mouse clicks stop working after random time, using Awesome WM + Gnome [closed]
I'm using the Awesome Window Manager together with Gnome in Linux Mint. I experience the following problem several times a day:
Suddenly the mouse partially stops working, which means that I'm still ...
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Gnome Shell mouse shortcut to switch workspace
How can I switch workspaces in gnome shell with extra mouse buttons? I`ve used to do it with compiz in unity and gnome2, but I can`t bind it in gnome shell. I want use both Up/Down and extra mouse ...
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How can I configure the mouse scrollwheel sensitivity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Increasing scroll speed
Is there anyway to increase the speed of the wheel scrolling of my mouse in Ubuntu? I use extended files (PDFs, web pages etc) and I need to ...
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Bind a mouse button to show the Gnome Shell Activities overview
I'm trying bind a button on my mouse to show the Gnome Shell Activities overview. I'm using xbindkeys to bind actions to my mouse buttons.
I tried using the following xte command to show the ...
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Where is the keyboard mouse feature in GNOME 3?
I'm using Gnome 3 on Ubuntu 11.10.
I've used keyboard mouse (accessing mouse with keyboard) earlier by pressing Control+Shift+Num to activate it (see http://www.noah.org/wiki/Linux_Keyboard_Mouse).
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Is there a setting or tool that will make my mouse not shake when my finger is on my touchpad? [closed]
On my toshiba laptop, when I touch my touchpad but don't move my finger, my mouse shakes slightly.
The mouse sensitivity settings in the control panel don't help.
Does this happen to anyone else? Is ...
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4answers
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Sidescrolling with touchpad?
I just booted up my laptop and opened up my webbrowser. I went to OMG! Ubuntu!, and wanted to scroll as I always do, with the right side of my laptop's touchpad... It did not work...
I went to the ...
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1answer
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Is there a way to left-click links in gnome-terminal or am I out of luck?
I'm using irssi hosted on a remote computer for IRC, and it'd be super helpful not to have to hold Control or right-click every single link (so I can avoid multiple clicks or multiple hands).
At this ...
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How to disable on mouse stop auto click
When mouse stop moving after 1 seconds it autoclicks no matter if it is within an application or on desktop. Does anyone knows how to disable this feature?
cheers
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How to move windows between workspaces using the mouse?
From a SO question I found out that Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Arrow can move windows to another workspace.
Is there a way of doing that with the mouse?
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Mouse bindings in GNOME 3 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Modifying Key- and Mouse-Bindings for GNOME Shell
I'm interested in trying out GNOME Shell (which I like better than Unity), but I'm wondering if it's possible to bind ...
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1answer
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Mouse hover over submenu item does not expand menu until I leave and re-enter item
In gnome, whenever I click on a contextual menu item (eg. right click on a window in the task bar) and then hover over a sub-item (eg. Move to another workspace) that is expandable, the submenu is not ...
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Gnome menu with mouse up to the top
I am just starting with Linux. I have noticed that though Gnome has a fixed menu (Gnome panel) at the top of the screen, similarly to Mac OS X, it is impossible to click a menu item after moving the ...
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1answer
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updating vim causes usb mouse to freeze
I wanted syntax highlighting in vim. I read in some forum that I should do:
sudo apt-get install vim
I guess there were a lot of dependencies, so it took a while. I typed "YES" a few times without ...
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2answers
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How can I configure Ubuntu/GNOME to accomodate my keyboard/mouse habits from Windows?
I've primarily used Windows, but recently switched to Ubuntu/GNOME at work.
In my Windows setup, the context menu is triggered on the release of the right mouse button; in my Ubuntu/GNOME setup, it's ...
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Decrease mouse sensitivity below the standard limit
I've got a USB mouse attached to my Ubuntu notebook. This mouse is (unfortunately) really sensitive, and so it sometimes gets hard to hit small icons with the mouse pointer. This is really a hardware ...
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3answers
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How to use mouse scroll to hide windows?
I used to set the mouse scroll to hide the windows when scrolling on the title bar: alas, I can't remember how I did that...
Can you please tell me how to achieve it?
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2answers
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Can I accelerate mouse sensetivity over the standard maximum?
I've used "Mouse Preferences" window to set mouse pointer acceleration and sensitivity sliders to their maximums, but I am still not satisfied with how fast does mouse pointer move (I've got a very ...
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How do I set GNOME to “focus follows mouse”?
I have two monitors that I use for development. I would like to use sloppy focus for switching between windows. sloppy focus -- whatever you mouse is hovering over is in focus.
I know it's available ...
