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Re: Cygwin/X X Server 1.12.3 Middle Click Problem


On 18/11/2012 20:57, Taylor Lilly wrote:
> I am running Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 on a Dell Latitude XT2 with an
> external Dell 3 button (scroll wheel) optical mouse.  I have Cygwin package
> "cygwin-1.7.16-1" installed with the packages in the user guide suggested
> for Xwin capability and SSH.  My intention for use is to SSH to a Ubuntu
> boxes and mostly run Xemacs to program.  My main problem is not being able
> to get the middle click to be recognized in the Xwindows, including xterm
> local, as a paste.
> 
> I have tried a different combination of software, namely Xming and Putty,
> but with no greater success.  I also tried an older version of Cygwin from
> 2010, again to no success.  The mouse middle button is recognized by the
> windows operating system and is in the "auto scroll" mode under the mouse
> settings.

I guess that the problem here isn't Windows 7, but that you have some extra
mouse or touchpad software installed which tries to do something 'helpful'
like scrolling the window, rather than sending button press/release events
when the middle button is clicked.

(I don't have anything mentioning "auto scroll" in the control panel mouse
applet on W7)

You need to turn off, uninstall or instruct that software to pass middle
button clicks to the X server without meddling.

-- 
Jon TURNEY
Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer

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