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Re: Logitech 3 button mouse

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Subject Re: Logitech 3 button mouse
Date Sat, 29 Apr 2017 15:55:28 +0000 (UTC)
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
> owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> wrote:
>>> Well, it's been a while now and I have been using the Logitech 3D
>>> Connextion 3 button mouse as my daily mouse. I'm pretty hooked on this.
>>> I didn't realize just how much missed using a true three-button mouse
>>> until I spent a little time with this one. It's big, but I got used to
>>> it pretty quickly. They should make a portable version smaller so I can
>>> take it with me everywhere. This one I leave plugged into my Dell USB-C
>>> docking station which is used with either my Dell 9550 XPS or my Dell
>>> Lattitude 7370 when at my desk. 
>>> 
>>> Worth the $99 price tag? Yeah, I have to say it is. Three-button mice
>>> rule. These and a mechanical keyboard are such a comfort. 
>>
>> Thanks.  Good to know that you still like it over time despite the size. 
>> BTW, it appears that Logitech sold most of its interest int 3dconnexion
>> in 2011.
>>
>>> As I am using Fedora I also installed the Gnome tweak tool. Under the
>>> Windows Focus I changed that setting to Mouse and I also set the
>>> Automatically Raise Windows to ON which pretty much gives me the old
>>> UNIX style GUI feel I remember from years past. 
>>> 
>>> Made a little video here: https://youtu.be/W73X2ExuewA
>>
>> I keep sloppy focus, but I prefer not to have it raise the window. 
>> In Mate, mouse focus is just part of the window preferences and
>> doesn't need the tweak tool.
> 
> I used to have strict focus set in Fluxbox.  But, if I moved a window with
> keystrokes, and there was a windows under that one, when the first one was
> out of the way, the mouse cursor would give that second window, and it would
> start moving instead :-D
> 

In Mate, if I move windows with the keyboard (alt-f7), cursor switches
to a fist and follows the moving window, releasing on <enter>, so
there's no change of focus to a lower window.

> I do like autoraise, though, and it is one of things I really miss
> when I spend time in the crippled Windows desktop.
> 

Autoraise for always seems to get in my way, raising windows when I
don't want them raised.

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