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osce

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Registered: 2012-06-07

Posts: 3

How to add a mouse property from command line

I'd like to setup xfce4 (4.8) so that a new user who desires it will have mouse buttons switched when first login.

I checked xfconf-query and there is a RightHanded property in pointers channel.

The problem is, when the new user first logs in in a new home directory, that xfce4 property doesn't exist. I could create a new property using xfconf-query, but then the next problem is, it requires the mouse hardware name in the property (like /SomeBrandUSBMouse/RightHanded) which depends on the mouse connected at the time, and I'm not sure how to get the name.

I also thought of adding an entry in XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/xfconf/ but that's not a good idea since it forces everyone to use left-handed mouse. And the hardware mouse name problem still exists.

(subject changed to reflect more closely the problem at hand).

Last edited by osce (2012-06-08 06:03:15)

osce

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Registered: 2012-06-07

Posts: 3

Re: How to add a mouse property from command line

Ok, I think I found a way to make this work, unless someone gives me a better idea.

I found that /proc/bus/input/devices have the list of mouse names with Handlers=mouse, and the names are translated by removing special characters (like slash) and converting spaces to underlines. Would this work? Is this how xfce4 shows the names of the mice?