Questions tagged [mouse]
The pointing device (generally referred to as the mouse). When referring to laptops, please specify if it is the trackpad and not an external mouse by using the trackpad tag. Only use for hardware issues.
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Middle mouse click emulation on trackpad, how can I set it?
I've just updated to Ubuntu 11.10 and I'm using Unity. Since the update I can no longer use 'Middle Clicks' with the Track-pad. Tab-browsing in Firefox has become a pain :(
I used to swap the 'three ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't wake up after screen is locked and blank
When I lock the screen (Super+L or Ctrl+Alt+L) and wait until the screen goes dark, I can't resume anymore. I move my mouse and press my keyboard, but screen stays blank. My monitor goes into standby ...
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Did 12.04 just add multi-touch gesture support mid-release?
I was reviewing the updates I was about to download today and I
noticed that a lot of them had to do with gesture support,
noticed that many of these were new installs rather than upgrades.
Has 12....
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How can I disable Elantech Touchpad while typing on Ubuntu 12.10?
I have an Asus laptop (non zenbook) which I purchased last week. It has an Elantech Touchpad on it. Here's what's working:
Edge scrolling or Two Finger Scrolling.
Three finger and Two finger.
Left ...
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How do I remap the search button on my Logitech MX400?
I have a logitech MX400 wireless. It has a search button I would like to use for pasting (instead of the extremely sensitive but hard to press scroll wheel). I already remapped other buttons with ...
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Disable mouse middle button click paste on KDE, keeping that button working
How to disable mouse middle button click paste (AKA PRIMARY selection buffer), but keep that button working?
My system: Ubuntu 16.04 with KDE v5.8.5.
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How to paste using middle mouse in rstudio running in linux? [closed]
How to enable the middle button mouse to paste in rstudio running in linux?
My middle button mouse is working for pasting to R running in linux terminal.
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`powertop --auto-tune` without messing with USB and touchpad
I like powertop --auto-tune because the speakers of my laptop are soughing when not being used and powertop disables the speakers completely when they're not used, stopping the noise.
However, my ...
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Mouse pointer (touchpad) getting stuck often in 12.04 [closed]
In my Ubuntu 12.04, my mouse pointer gets stuck often. I'm talking about the touchpad and not the external mouse. The first thought would be to check whether we have given the option to lock the ...
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How to enable double-click
I can't open folders with double click anymore. Instead I have to right click and press open. How do I reenable it? I'm running Ubuntu 13.04.
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How can I manually change the mouse/pointer speed? [duplicate]
I have an Apple Magic Mouse, and it's almost unusable since the sensitivity is too high. Yet in the Mouse/Touchpad settings, the pointer speed is set to the slowest possible setting. Is there a way to ...
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Make long click act like a right click?
Just got my netbook edition of Ubuntu working with my tablets touch screen about 3 seconds ago... but straight away, I've noticed something - is it possible to make the right click menu show up when I ...
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Mouse Arrow moving Slowly Using keyboard Keys
My mouse is not working properly, So I enabled keyboard keys for Moving mouse arrow using
Universal Access > Pointing and Clicking > Mouse keys "On"
But Mouse Arrow moves very Slow using keyboard ...
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Lag when using Bluetooth Mouse
After the latest Ubuntu update (using 19.04) I get an extraordinary lag when using my Logitech M720 mouse connected via Bluetooth.
When using the USB dongle it works flawless.
Any ideas on why this ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 mouse pointing problem
I have a problem with mouses on my two computers. I will try to describe that issue:
When I point some tab in Google Chrome and try to click, it clics a little below... I need to resize Google Chrome ...
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What might prevent mouse movements between xrandr screens? [closed]
I've followed the steps outlined in this HowTo.
Right after I log in to Gnome I can move the mouse back and forth but as soon as the task bar loads, the mouse becomes jailed in the screen its in (can'...
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How to turn off light on Logitech G502 mouse?
The light on my Logitech G502 mouse is really stupid and annoying.
I'm wondering if there is a more elegant way to turn it off than sticking wire tape on the shining area?
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How do I set GNOME to "focus follows mouse"? [duplicate]
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 ...
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How to set left-handed mouse pointer?
Is there a way to set a left-handed mouse pointer in Ubuntu 13.04?
For those who don't know what left-handed mouse pointers are:
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Mouse pointer size inconsistent
Since installing Ubuntu 12.04, I've been having a problem with the mouse pointer size. On the desktop, it is quite a bit larger than it should be (24), though the different cursors (editing text, ...
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Touchpad not detected on Lenovo Ideapad 320 with Kubuntu 17.04
I just installed Kubuntu 17.04 on a Lenovo Ideapad 320, and the Touchpad is not detected. The touchpad works fine from the Windows 10 installation already on the laptop, but is not detected at all ...
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Controlling Bluetooth mouse gestures that register keyboard events
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I just bought a Logitech T630. It's a Bluetooth mouse that supports several keyboard events via gestures (PDF). These gestures are fine and dandy but I have little use for them. I'm having a ...
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Opera-like tab-switching in chrome or firefox
Is there a way of switching tabs in Chrome or Firefox by scrolling the mouse-wheel while keeping the right mouse-button pressed?
In Chrome or Firefox (with tab-wheel-scroll extension) you can switch ...
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Dell Vostro 3568 model ubuntu 17.04 touch-pad left and right click behaving same way
I'm using Dell Vostro 3568 model, recently installed ubuntu 17.04. My touch-pad left and right click working same way.
If left radio button selected in my settings( All Settings->Mouse & ...
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Mouse click events are delayed when moving the cursor in xubuntu 12.04
I am trying out live xubuntu on my samsung n150 (netbook, similar to eeepc). So far everything seems perfect, except for this one thing.
When I am clicking the mouse while moving the cursour, the ...
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Eye tracking mouse cursor for Ubuntu
Is there any software to control mouse cursor using eye or finger via web camera in ubuntu? Windows has a software called Camera Mouse, that can control your cursor by tracking your eye or finger ...
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Ubuntu stuck on boot, won't get past fsck!
This is the second time this has happened. I have disabled mouse acceleration on Ubuntu by following these instructions.
Immediately after that I tried to log out but the system got hung at the fsck ...
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Can't get Mouse back in gEdit after Shift Key Is Pressed
By default when you type in gEdit, mouse disappears and you can get it back by moving your mouse. So, you can do whatever you want using your mouse.
But when I press Shift or Ctrl or Enter and move ...
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Can I limit mouse click frequency?
I have a really annoying bug. This is not a bug report but I will report what the bug does to me. Occasionally when I middle click, it fires through two or three middle click events. I say ...
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In Ubuntu 15.04, simply moving the mouse via touchpad scrolls the window
When I first boot the system everything works fine. But then something happens (not sure what triggers it) and many programs start scrolling just by moving the mouse over the window. So far I see this ...
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There is no two finger scroll option in my "Mouse and Touchpad" settings
I simply do not have the option for "two-finger scrolling" available in my "Mouse and Touchpad" settings. I have tried a lot of terminal commands that I have found in the forums with no success. Who ...
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Scrolling issues with chrome
So I recently started using Ubuntu (16.04) over Windows on my Thinkpad Yoga 14. Everything is working perfectly and I'm loving it so far but, I've been using Chrome my whole life and now when I try to ...
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USB mouse disconnecting and reconnecting randomly in 14.04 64bit
Unfortunately I've been unable to identify the cause other than I have an application that runs, in what appears to be a Xorg scheduler (task manager shows worker, then a shed job), then the mouse ...
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Is it possible to use mouse gestures without pressing a key?
Is it possible to use Easystroke (or other program) without an initiate key?
Because there is no key for it on the tablet (JooJoo).
I hope you know what i try to explain. --> mouse gestures in ...
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How do I adjust the mousewheel scroll speed on wayland on ubuntu 17.10
I have a logitech M500 mouse (M-U0007) and am running the default wayland (I think?) gnome desktop on 17.10. The scrollwheel speed is quite slow and I'd like to boost it a little. I found a few posts ...
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Ubuntu 17.04 Pointer Speed Broken [closed]
I tried everything to lower the pointer speed. Starting from the Settings Menu, ending up with the terminal commands. In terminal, after finding the ID of my mouse, and the ID of the Acceleration ...
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How do I turn off mouse acceleration? [duplicate]
I would like to turn off mouse acceleration to begin training my hand for better accuracy and precision in my mouse movements. How can I do this in Ubuntu 10.10?
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What wireless mice work well with Ubuntu? [closed]
I'm in desperate need of a decent comfortable mouse that will give me maximum performance on Ubuntu. I'm looking at a wireless Microsoft mouse, but I am concerned it will not work effectively with ...
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Can I use the Logitech Touch Mouse M600?
Can I use the Logitech Touch Mouse M600 with Ubuntu?
Specifically, will the swipe and scroll capabilities work? If not, can I still use it as a normal two-button mouse?
I do not want speculative ...
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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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how to increase mouse movement speed in ubuntu 16.04
the maximum available speed for mouse is not very comfortable. i want to increase it.. how to do that?? is there an app to customize these sort of stuffs (preferable since I am new to ubuntu).
thanks ...
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How to disable notebook's touchpad on USB mouse connect (and slower the last)? [duplicate]
I do not have function key / fn for that :( .
Any ideas? Maybe there are settings or commands?
Other subjects were NOT helpful:
gpointing-device-settings (auto-disable setting gets unticked);
kde-...
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Mouse wheel scrolls in reversed direction
Mouse wheel scrolls in reversed direction. I went into System Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Natural Scrolling, but regardless which option I choose, it still scrolls in the incorrect for me ...
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How do I restore my mouse sensitivity/acceleration settings to their defaults
I changed the mouse sensitivity/acceleration settings in System Settings\Mouse and Touch Pad. How do I restore these settings back to their default values?
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Do Windows mice work with Ubuntu? [closed]
I want to buy a mouse for my PC, but as I was searching I saw in the product details that it had to have Windows as the OS. I have a Ubuntu/Windows duel boot and I was wondering if mice for Windows ...
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USB mouse moves but doesn't accept left clicks [closed]
I've just installed a fresh copy of 10.10 and for some reason the mouse wouldn't work correctly.
I can move it, and I even have context menu on the desktop and the network and sound applets (I am ...
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Youtube video freezes until I move my mouse- Chrome/ium
I am Ubuntu 18.04 lts Budgie, and somehow whenever I am not moving my mouse, either on fullscreen or not, the video freezes, until I move my mouse again.
It happens all the time, on Chrome and ...
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Kubuntu : when i move mouse, screen move too?
I have activated some feature by fault, and I can't find how to reset the normal configuration.
the problem is when I move the mouse, the screen is already zoomed, and move too
I'm under Kubuntu
any ...
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14.10 Image Viewer bug, click>drag pic leaves pointer changed
I just updated from 14.04 to 14.10 yesterday. Today I stumbled on a bug in Image Viewer. Tried to report as per https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/report-ubuntu-bug.html but after "Collecting ...
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Mouse running amok
While using my mouse, it will all of a sudden take off and might run to calendar or/and trash. It opened calendar, then went down and opened trash up several times. It started out just doing it once ...