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Tik0
Asked: 2019-02-05 10:47:15 +0800 CST

Button release does not work with xbindkeys

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Following this tutorial, I'd like to map the page-forward button of the mouse (i.e. b:9) to Shift_L. However, using the tools xte and xbinkeys the button-down works, but the button-release does not. Using xte on its own, button-press and -release work. So it has to do something with my ~/.xbindkeys.

Content of ~/.xbindkeys:

# Page forward press
"xte 'keydown Shift_L'"
  b:9

# Page forward release
"xte 'keyup Shift_L'"
  b:9 + Release
keyboard mouse xte xbindkeys

1 Answers

  1. You need to add to the release (because you'll have shift pressed when your mb9 is down):

    # Press shift with your mouse button 9:
"xte 'keydown Shift_L'"
  b:9

# Release shift with your mouse button 9 + shift
"xte 'keyup Shift_L'"
 Shift+Mod2+Shift_L + b:9 + Release
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