Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ALPS touchpad with 4 directions button doesnt work as intended | From | Maxim Levitsky <> | Date | Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:20:26 +0200 |
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On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 21:38 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > Hi Maxim, > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 04:10:18AM +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > > I have a acer 5720G laptop, and its touchpad (ALPS) has three buttons, > > usual left/right, and middle button that can be pressed in 4 directions. > > Up/down direction work fine, but left/right doesn't. This means that > > left direction produces middle button click, and right direction > > doesn't work at all. > > I took a look at source, and I see that driver doesn't even know about > > such configuration. > > > > Now I am sure its very easy to figure out what is send when no working > > button is pressed, but I am a bit confused what BTN_* event to assign to > > it, so it will work as horizontal scroll as intended. > > And unassign middle button from other direction.... > > > > Synaptics driver maps multi-button to BTN_0...BTN_8 and it looks like > synaptics X driver maps teh 4-button case by default to > up/down/left/right scroll so I'd map ALPS the same. > Thanks!
One question, should I expect some resistance because the button won't work as middle button by default? (I am sure that in X its easy remap it back)
Best regards, Maxim Levitsky
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