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I have 2 extra buttons on my mouse that I would like to map as "Home" and "End"

I am able to map mouse buttons to my keyboard using xkbset, but I would like to do the reverse and map keyboard buttons to my mouse.

Output of xbindkeys here.

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  1. Install the package xautomation, we need the command xte

    sudo apt-get install xautomation

  2. Install the package x11-utils, we need the command xev

    sudo apt-get install x11-utils

  3. Check the code for the two mouse buttons.

    • Start the command xev in a terminal:

      xev

    • Move the mouse in the new window

    • Press your extra mouse buttons

    In my case, note the output button 8 and button 9:

    ButtonRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
    root 0x233, subw 0x0, time 9222464, (94,21), root:(1774,85),
    state 0x10, button 8, same_screen YES

ButtonPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x2e00001,
    root 0x233, subw 0x0, time 9223854, (94,21), root:(1774,85),
    state 0x10, button 9, same_screen YES

  4. Edit your xbindkeys configuration, e.g.:

    nano ~/.xbindkeysrc

    and add the following lines

    "xte 'key Home'"
     b:9

"xte 'key End'"
     b:8

    Replace b:8 and b:9 with your numbers of xev output

    • from man xte

      key k
      Press and release key k

keydown  k
      Press key k down

keyup k
      Release key k

  5. Kill all kbindkeys processes

    killall xbindkeys

  6. Restart xbindkeys with your configuration, eg:

    xbindkeys -f ~/.xbindkeysrc
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  • Hey A.B. I got it to work, thank you. One final question. I was also considering switching the extra buttons to "Up" or "Down" arrows. I tried it and it worked, but I would like the ability to hold the extra mouse buttons, and have the multiple Up/Down signals, until I release the button. (just how the native Up/Down buttons work) – TuxForLife May 19 '15 at 08:33
  • Cursor Up and Down? Or Page Up and Down? – A.B. May 19 '15 at 08:34
  • The Up/Down arrow buttons. If you were to hold Up right now, it would send it as multiple up arrow strokes until you release the button. I would like to do the same for the extra mouse buttons we are modifying. – TuxForLife May 19 '15 at 08:36
  • P.S. BitTrip Runner is awesome :) – TuxForLife May 19 '15 at 08:36
  • Also, I can't give you the bounty points until 21 hours, just so you know – TuxForLife May 19 '15 at 08:38
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    Repetitions are difficult. I'm still looking. – A.B. May 19 '15 at 08:47
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    Sorry, no success. Maybe you should ask a new question. :\ – A.B. May 21 '15 at 05:06
  • Is it possible to use this to press multiple keys at once – Hippolippo Jun 03 '20 at 05:40