<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - button scrolling for absolute devices" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106674#c28">Comment # 28</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - button scrolling for absolute devices" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106674">bug 106674</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:alon.barlev@gmail.com" title="Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com>"> Alon Bar-Lev</a> <pre>(In reply to Peter Hutterer from <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=106674#c26">comment #26</a>) > right, so the patch I sent out merely makes the button scrolling > *available*, it doesn't *enable* it by default. You'll have to both enable > it and select a suitable button to scroll with. For trackpoints we do this > automatically (hence middle scrolling works OOTB) and on some trackballs we > select a button but don't enable it by default. But this is a special case > here, the virtual tablet device is a generic one that forwards whatever > comes in from the host so we cannot enable the button scrolling by default > without likely upsetting other setups. > > Try with > libinput debug-events --set-scroll-method=button > --set-scroll-button=BTN_MIDDLE See <a href="attachment.cgi?id=139899" name="attach_139899" title="libinput-debug-events.patched.txt">attachment#139899</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=139899&action=edit" title="libinput-debug-events.patched.txt">[details]</a>, seems like when I press the middle button there is no event, then I move the cursor and get standard events of movement, when I release it dispatches press/release. > If that works, then the libinput bits are done and you now need to figure > out how to get this into the session (xorg.conf snippet or if your DE > supports graphical configuration for that bit, then that) My xorg configuration is outlined at <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=106674#c0">comment#0</a>, what should I change? Also see <a href="attachment.cgi?id=139898" name="attach_139898" title="xinput-list-props.patched.txt">attachment#139898</a> <a href="attachment.cgi?id=139898&action=edit" title="xinput-list-props.patched.txt">[details]</a> as far as I see it should be fine, not sure why natural scrolling is disabled, but the button scrolling is set. --- libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (253): 0 libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (254): 0 libinput Button Scrolling Button (264): 2 libinput Button Scrolling Button Default (265): 2 ---</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>