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diff --git a/man/libinput.man b/man/libinput.man index c5eaea5..df202a9 100644 --- a/man/libinput.man +++ b/man/libinput.man @@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ The mapping from device node to hardware is system-dependent. Property: .BI "Option \*qAccelSpeed\*q \*q" float \*q Sets the pointer acceleration speed within the range [-1, 1] .TP 7 +.BI "Option \*qButtonMapping\*q \*q" string \*q +Sets the logical button mapping for this device, see +XSetPointerMapping(__libmansuffix__). The string must be a +space-separated list of button mappings in the order of the +logical buttons on the device, starting with button 1. +The default mapping is "1 2 3 ... 32". A mapping of 0 +deactivates the button. Multiple buttons can have the same mapping. +Invalid mapping strings are discarded and the default mapping +is used for all buttons. Buttons not specified in the user's mapping use the +default mapping. See section +.B BUTTON MAPPING +for more details. +.TP 7 .BI "Option \*qCalibrationMatrix\*q \*q" string \*q A string of 9 space-separated floating point numbers. Sets the calibration matrix to the 3x3 matrix where the first row is (abc), @@ -167,6 +180,31 @@ The above properties have a .BI "libinput <property name> Default" equivalent that indicates the default value for this setting on this device. +.SH BUTTON MAPPING +X clients receive events with logical button numbers, where 1, 2, 3 +are usually interpreted as left, middle, right and logical buttons 4, 5, 6, +7 are usually interpreted as scroll up, down, left, right. The fourth and +fifth physical buttons on a device will thus send logical buttons 8 and 9. +The +.B ButtonMapping +option adjusts the logical button mapping, it does not affect how a physical +button is mapped to a logical button. +.PP +Traditionally, a device was set to left-handed button mode by applying a +button mapping of +.B "\*q3 2 1 ...\*q" +On systems using the +.B libinput +__xservername__ input driver it is recommended to use the +.B LeftHanded +option instead. +.PP +The +.B libinput +__xservername__ input driver does not use the button mapping after setup. +Use XSetPointerMapping(__libmansuffix__) to modify the button mapping at +runtime. + .SH AUTHORS Peter Hutterer .SH "SEE ALSO" |