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xfce:xfce4-settings:mouse [2012/04/29 12:19] – [Device Properties] nickxfce:xfce4-settings:mouse [2019/08/05 01:09] – removed warning. updated images kevinbowen
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 ====== Mouse and Touchpad ====== ====== Mouse and Touchpad ======
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-<note warning>The page is work in progress!</note> 
  
 ===== Device ===== ===== Device =====
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 ===== Device Properties ===== ===== Device Properties =====
  
-The Synaptics and Wacom interface in the dialogs shows only the most important settings, but there are a lot more settings for input devices you can control. Xfsettingsd is capable of setting all sorts of device properties; however, you have to manually set them in the pointers xfconf channel which is not always easy.+The Synaptics and Wacom interface in the dialogs shows only the most important settings, but there are a lot more settings for input devices you can control. Xfsettingsd is capable of setting all sorts of device properties; however, you have to manually set them in the pointers [[xfce:xfconf:|xfconf]] channel which is not always easy.
  
 First you need to find the correct device using the ''xinput'' utility. When you run this command it will list the devices on your system. First you need to find the correct device using the ''xinput'' utility. When you run this command it will list the devices on your system.
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-Next it to translate the names into valid Xfconf property name. The following characters are allowed: ''A-Z a-z 0-9 - _'' and spaces are replaced with an underscore. So this means ''SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'' will become ''SynPS2_Synaptics_TouchPad''. Same goes for the property name and devices properties are stored under ''/<device-name>/Properties/<prop-name>''.+Next it to translate the names into valid [[xfce:xfconf:|Xfconf]] property name. The following characters are allowed: ''A-Z a-z 0-9 - _'' and spaces are replaced with an underscore. So this means ''SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'' will become ''SynPS2_Synaptics_TouchPad''. Same goes for the property name and devices properties are stored under ''/<device-name>/Properties/<prop-name>''.
  
-As you can see the value above is stored as a double (45.000), so to disable coasting you have to run the following xfconf-query command:+As you can see the value above is stored as a double (45.000), so to disable coasting you have to run the following [[xfce:xfconf:xfconf-query|xfconf-query]] command:
  
   xfconf-query -c pointers -p /SynPS2_Synaptics_TouchPad/Properties/Synaptics_Coasting_Speed -n -t double -s 0   xfconf-query -c pointers -p /SynPS2_Synaptics_TouchPad/Properties/Synaptics_Coasting_Speed -n -t double -s 0