I am using a Thinkpad and try to get into the habit of using an external keyboard, which also has a Trackpoint.
With the internal keyboard, I can use the middle mouse button to click (e.g. paste, or open link in new tab), but if I hold the middle button and move the Trackpoing, I am scrolling.
For the external keyboard, I am observing that scrolling works, but it also often (not always) issues a click event, and suddenly my editor is full of pasted stuff
The xinput
properties seem to be set the same:
Internal:
~ $ xinput list-props 16
Device 'TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint':
Device Enabled (188): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (190): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (325): 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (326): 0
libinput Scroll Methods Available (327): 0, 0, 1
libinput Scroll Method Enabled (328): 0, 0, 1
libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (329): 0, 0, 1
libinput Button Scrolling Button (330): 2
libinput Button Scrolling Button Default (331): 2
libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled (332): 0
libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled Default (333): 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (358): 1
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (359): 0
libinput Accel Speed (334): -0.500000
libinput Accel Speed Default (335): 0.000000
libinput Accel Profiles Available (336): 1, 1
libinput Accel Profile Enabled (337): 1, 0
libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (338): 1, 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled (339): 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (340): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (310): 1, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (311): 0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (312): 0, 0
Device Node (313): "/dev/input/event9"
Device Product ID (314): 2, 10
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (341): <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (342): 1
libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (343): 15
libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (344): 15
External
~ $ xinput list-props 18
Device 'Lenovo TrackPoint Keyboard II Mouse':
Device Enabled (188): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (190): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (325): 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (326): 0
libinput Scroll Methods Available (327): 0, 0, 1
libinput Scroll Method Enabled (328): 0, 0, 1
libinput Scroll Method Enabled Default (329): 0, 0, 0
libinput Button Scrolling Button (330): 2
libinput Button Scrolling Button Default (331): 2
libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled (332): 0
libinput Button Scrolling Button Lock Enabled Default (333): 0
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled (358): 1
libinput Middle Emulation Enabled Default (359): 0
libinput Accel Speed (334): -0.500000
libinput Accel Speed Default (335): 0.000000
libinput Accel Profiles Available (336): 1, 1
libinput Accel Profile Enabled (337): 1, 0
libinput Accel Profile Enabled Default (338): 1, 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled (339): 0
libinput Left Handed Enabled Default (340): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (310): 1, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (311): 0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (312): 0, 0
Device Node (313): "/dev/input/event19"
Device Product ID (314): 6127, 24814
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (341): <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (342): 1
libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance (343): 15
libinput Scrolling Pixel Distance Default (344): 15
Where else should I look? Is this “Customer Control” device relevant?
~ $ xinput list-props 20
Device 'Lenovo TrackPoint Keyboard II Consumer Control':
Device Enabled (188): 1
Coordinate Transformation Matrix (190): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (325): 0
libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (326): 0
libinput Send Events Modes Available (310): 1, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled (311): 0, 0
libinput Send Events Mode Enabled Default (312): 0, 0
Device Node (313): "/dev/input/event21"
Device Product ID (314): 6127, 24814
libinput Drag Lock Buttons (341): <no items>
libinput Horizontal Scroll Enabled (342): 1