mouse(HW)

Description

is used to configure a new mouse or to reconfigure an existing mouse.

Mouse button mappings associate button presses with physical buttons. The default setting for most 2- and 3-button mice is:

mouse event	physical button
button press 1	1
button press 2	2
button press 3	3

 mouse event      physical button
 button press 1          1
 button press 2          2
 button press 3          3

Wheel mice (keyboard/PS2 and serial) are supported with these default mappings:

mouse event	physical button
button press 1	1
button press 2	2
button press 3	3
wheel forward	7
wheel back	8

 mouse event      physical button
 button press 1          1
 button press 2          2
 button press 3          3
 wheel forward           7
 wheel back              8

Mappings can be modified with scomouse(XC). To view the current mapping, use xmodmap(X) with the -pp option.

Files

/dev/mouse

directory for mouse-related special device files

/dev/mouse/bus[0-1]

bus mouse device files

/dev/mouse/vpix[0-1]

VP/ix^® mouse device files

/dev/mouse/kb0

keyboard mouse device files

/dev/mouse/mp[0...]

slave pseudo-mouse device files

/dev/mouse/pmp[0...]

master pseudo-mouse device files

/etc/default/usemouse

default map file for usemouse(C)

/usr/lib/event/devices

file containing device information for mice

/usr/lib/event/ttys

file listing ttys eligible to use mice

/usr/lib/mouse/

alternate map files for usemouse

See also

Standards conformance