Mapping keyboard keys to function like mouse buttons is easy to do with xmodmap, but how would I do the reverse?
How can I bind, say, the side button (button 8 or 9) to act as left ctrl?
I know xmodmap can swap around the mouse keys, and bind the keyboard to mouse keys, but not how to bind the mouse to keyboard keys.
I managed to figure out a way using sxhkd and xdotool
in sxhkdrc:
button8
xdotool keydown 37
@button8 + ctrl
xdotool keyup 37
the + ctrl on key release is needed because when button 8 is pressed, ctrl is also pressed, which meanse when you release it it is ctrl + button 8 instead of button 8, withuot it the key release wouldn’t work.
With X11, all things are possible.
I use Easystroke - this lets me set my side buttons as I like. I set my ‘fwd’ button as an instant button to resize windows, and the ‘back’ button to move windows… saves having to hold a keyboard key and click to do the same job.
The added bonus here is that - whatever you want to do is likely possible, get ready for bed:
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