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• Scroll modifier for mouse/trackball in windows

  - by askvictor

  I have a trackball (Logitech Trackman Marble in this case, though this could apply to any mouse or pointing device) where I would like to use one of the buttons as a middle-click when I click it, but to trigger scrolling action when I hold it down and move the ball around. I could do this quite easily in Linux by setting scroll-modifier in the X config, but the driver that comes with the trackball (Logitech) only allows one or the other. Is there any way to set this up in Windows 8?

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• Does anyone use the L-Track trackball?

  - by thethinman

  I've been using the Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse for years. Now I'm looking for a trackball with a scroll wheel, larger and heavier ball, and preferably rollers instead of pins. It must be finger (not thumb) operated. The Kensington Expert Mouse is close, but from what I've read the scroll wheel is poorly implemented. They also switched from rollers to pins. I bought a Kensington Orbit Trackball and it's not bad but the scroll wheel is rough and the ball is the same as the marble mouse. I'm still looking for something better. I found the L-Trac and it looks good but there's little info on the web. Has anyone used it and can provide their impressions? Or can you point out another option?

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• How to configure Logitech Marble trackball

  - by user27189

  You can configure it using xinput. I tested this in 11.10 and it works very nicely. This selection is from "Ubuntuwiki" Avoid using Hal for this release because it has known issues. Put the following into terminal, using gedit: Edit $HOME/bin/trackball.sh using this command: gedit $HOME/bin/trackball.sh Then paste this into the file: #!/bin/bash dev="Logitech USB Trackball" we="Evdev Wheel Emulation" xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "$we Button" 8 8 xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "$we" 8 1 # xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "$we" 8 1 # xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "$we Button" 8 9 # xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "$we X Axis" 8 6 7 # xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "$we Y Axis" 8 4 5 # xinput set-int-prop "$dev" "Drag Lock Buttons" 8 8 Make sure trackball.sh begins with #!/bin/bash. Make the script executable by running this: chmod +x $HOME/bin/trackball.sh` Add the following lines to $HOME/.bashrc, using gedit $HOME/.bashrc and put this in the file even if it is empty: xmodmap $HOME/.Xmodmap > /dev/null 2>&1 $HOME/bin/trackball.sh Edit $HOME/.Xmodmap using: gedit $HOME/.Xmodmap pointer = 1 8 3 4 5 6 7 9 Log out and back in and viola!

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• Best Ergonomic trackball (finger-operated, with scroll wheel) for programmer

  - by Clay Nichols

  We programmers are at great risk of RSI. After 10 years, I was having shoulder problems and switched to a trackball, which helped, then switched to my left hand which helped even more. I'm looking for a good finger-operated trackball with a scroll wheel. (I do not like the ones where you control the ball w/ your thumb. My thumb isn't as dexterous). I also want to have a scroll wheel. I currently use a Logitech Marble Mouse but the scrolling implementation is very poor. EDIT: I just tried the Marble Scroll (free software that provides better scrolling. Works great. Another option is the KatMouse addon (which I've not tried) for trackballs. I hear the old Logitech Trackman was very good, but is no longer available. Anyone have experience with the Marble Mouse (and the above fixes) ? Or any suggestions of a good trackball.

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• How does a trackball reduce pain caused by RSI? [closed]

  - by gunbuster363

  I developed RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in my index fingers due excessive mouse clicking. I might consider a trackball as many people suggested. But how does trackball help? I can see it get 2 buttons and a ball which require some fingers to operate on. Will I RSI while I click on the buttons with other healthy fingers? Logitech TrackMan Wheel: I highly doubt this trackball, I assume we are still using the index and middle finger for clicking. Logitech Marble Mouse: I think we will use the thumb to click the left button, will I develop RSI on my thumb? And the right button, which finger should I use? If you know other trackball which might help, please tell me which is the design that help to avoid the stress.

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• Select TextView with trackball

  - by janfsd

  I have different elements in my layout: Buttons, RadioButtons, EditText, and I have made a RelativeLayout that is clickable and starts a new intent. Everything works ok except that I can't select that element with the trackball. Is there any way to achieve this? Thanks in advance.

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• Use trackball to scroll, zoom, etc

  - by filledvoid

  I've got a Logitech Marble Trackball (which is great, btw). By setting one of the extra buttons as a "middle" mouse button, when I click it, many apps (like browsers) will start "scrolling mode" so that moving the trackball will scroll up and down. Most of the time, this is sufficient, but I figure it would be way cooler if I could have several "modes" to do different things like zooming, panning, rotating (particularly in GIMP). Then when I hold CTRL, CTRL+SHIFT, or some such, it would enter a new mode, and the trackball would behave differently. I found a couple questions similar to this that suggest using AutoHotKey, but I haven't found an example script to do this, nor can I find out to track mouse movements within AHK. Any pointers? hotkey for scrollwheel remedy for a no scroll wheel trackball? Thanks!

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• ergonomics: what's better; trackball, ergonomic mouse or some other pointing device (a-la touchscree

  - by mauriciopastrana

  So I bit into the hype and recently purchased an apple wireless keyboard and that evil bar-of-soap thing apple makes for a mouse. Couple of hundred dollars later and this is where I begin to worry about RSI. Go figure. Don't get me wrong, this apple mouse is genius and looks pretty as hell, but my right wrist feels tired after a full day's worth of work, so i'm thinking of switching. Anyone out there use a trackball? is this worse? should I get a super-ergonomic mouse instead? I've seen mouse-trackball combos but am not sold, they still elicit the same end-finger behaviour detrimental for RSI, right? I also have a wrist-rest mousepad, but couldn't find one suitable for my keyboard. I've even considered having a small touchscreen where the mousepad should go, no mouse (or alternatively, a usb trackpad). Just looking for ideas, is the trackball better than the mouse? /mp

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• Portable trackball mouse, any recommendations?

  - by joshcomley

  Hi, I know there are other "mouse recommendation" questions, but I'm after some specific advise: Are there any useful and portable trackball mice? I'm particularly interested to hear if the recommendation has been used by the recommender! I have some space for a mouse on my travels, which are mainly on a train. A trackball mouse is the only real viable option as I don't really have room to "move around" a lot. I'm aware of the Genius Traveller 350: And some more crazy inventions: Anybody actually used any of these? Or anyone know of anything a little better? I have the Logitech Trackman, but the receiver makes it wholly unportable (and it's quite big anyway): Any thoughts?

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• Use trackball for scrolling in Android ListView

  - by gartenkralleb

  hi, i have a ListView, whose content should not be selectable. i set the ListView to choiceMode="none" and set a transparent listSelector. for touch mode it acts as desired. a problem is the use of the trackball. if i try to use it for scrolling, the scroll starts after the 10th push to "down". this is caused by the invisible listSelector, which scrolls down the list until the 10th list item is "invisibily" selected. i try to override dispatchTrackballEvent and do the scrolling with scrollBy, but i did not finished this approach yet, to have a look on alternative suggestions. is there a simple solution for my problem?

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• Why have trackballs almost disappeared? [closed]

  - by Gary M. Mugford

  One of the movement sensors in my Microsoft Trackball Explorer has failed and right now I am using a mouse. Ugggh! I'll got steal one of the various Logitech trackballs spread around the house, but they all have issues. The Trackman has a horrible placement for the scroll wheel. Others have marbles for the thumb rather than a big ball for the fingers and at least one trackball is working around here without having a scroll wheel at all! (The one at the dinner table, for when I dine alone). My question is, why have trackballs fallen into disfavour? Seems to me that trackballs are great for crowded desktops (you know, the one with keyboards, notes, pens and coffee cups), and for laptops with those hated overly-sensitive touchpads. But right now, it seems to be a choice between that Logitech Trackman and some Kensington models that lack scroll wheels. All I want is a nice big ball to manipulate with the fingers and two buttons on the thumb side with the scroil wheel between them. Placement of other buttons is completely optional. Is that asking too much?

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• Weird mouse/keyboard freezups when using PowerPoint 2007 with IBM/Lenovo docking station

  - by DanM

  I'm not sure what part of my system is responsible for this, but when using PowerPoint, I have problems when trying to resize drawing objects. I'll be dragging the handle and suddenly, the object will deselect and whatever is behind the object will select and start moving around. Next thing I know, the keyboard won't type anymore, and the only way to fix it is to unplug the USB and plug it back in. In case it's hardware related, I'm using an IMB Thinkpad T60P in a docking station. My keyboard is a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro. My OS is Windows XP SP3. I've never noticed this happening in anything besides PowerPoint, and I don't know anyone else who has this problem (even people with similar setups). Any ideas what it could be? Edit Well, it looks like I only get the problem if I plug the mouse into my docking station's USB. If I plug directly into the laptop's USB, everything works fine. And, again, this problem is only with PowerPoint. I tried playing with some drawing objects in Word and had no issue no matter where my mouse was plugged in. I should also mention I tried a different mouse (a standard Microsoft corded mouse instead of my Logitech trackball), but that made no difference. So, I don't think it's anything specific with the trackball or the trackball's driver. I tried searching Google but came up empty, so I'm guessing this problem is something unique to my setup. If you have any thoughts or ideas to try, I'd love to hear them.

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• Keyboards for kiosk/outdoor/abusive environments?

  - by Justin Scott

  We have a bunch of kiosks deployed into let's just say... abusive environments. The enclosures we had built are touch as nails, and the HP thin client computers are working great. The keyboards that were purchased for the project have been nothing but problems. They're a generic brand direct from a Chinese manufacturer. They're stainless steel with keys mounted from the inside and a trackball, but they've been deployed for only a month and nearly 20% of them are already out of service due to keys sticking, keys not working, trackball problems, water damage, and a variety of other issues. Are there any kiosk keyboards that can take a beating without breaking so easily? Ideally they should be tamper-proof (keys can't be removed), waterproof, lettering should be engraved into the keys, trackball, option for a single mouse button would be nice, and some protection to keep debris out of the keys so they don't stick (sticky cleaners, food debris, etc.). Does such a beast exist? Everything we've looked at is susceptible to easy damage. We need the M1 Abrams Tank of keyboards. Any suggestions?

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• Android onTrackballEvent and Click

  - by Gaz

  Hi Everyone, I want to capture onClick events for the trackball on a HTC Hero. This event is firing and I can get the direction of motion of the trackball: @Override public boolean onTrackballEvent(MotionEvent event) { } How do I find out if the event was a click event?

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• Cursors in C#

  A cursor in Windows is an icon that is displayed when you move a mouse, pen, or trackball. Usually, a different cursor image is displayed for different activity.

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• Best Keyboard with a built-in pointing device for a media center Mac?

  - by Bob King

  I've got a Mac Mini as my home entertainment machine, and I'm currently using a regular wireless keyboard and mouse combo. I don't really have a great mousing surface, so I'd like to use something like a trackpad or trackball. Does anyone have any recommendations? The keyboard doesn't have to be Mac specific. I have no problems using OS X's key remapping.

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• Android ListView delete row button - focus issue

  - by Max Gontar

  Hi! I have an activity with ListView and buttons below: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical"> <ListView android:id="@+id/lvLamps" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:listSelector="@null" android:choiceMode="none" android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset" android:layout_weight="1.0" /> <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_weight="0.0"> <Button android:id="@+id/btnAdd" android:background="@null" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/btn_upgrade" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawableRight="@drawable/lbl_upgrade" android:textSize="0pt" android:text="" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:padding="20px" /> <Button android:id="@+id/btnNext" android:background="@null" android:drawableRight="@drawable/next_btn" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/lbl_next" android:textSize="0pt" android:text="" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:padding="20px" android:visibility="gone" /> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnListExit" android:background="@null" android:src="@drawable/btn_x" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:padding="20px" /> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout> ListView row contains delete button: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:focusable="true"> <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:focusable="true"> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnRowDelete" android:src="@drawable/btn_x" android:background="@null" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:padding="4px" android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/txtLampRowFrom" android:text="123" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="6pt" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/btnRowDelete" android:focusable="false" android:textColor="@color/textColor"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/txtLampRowTo" android:text="123" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="6pt" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/btnRowDelete" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:focusable="false" android:textColor="@color/textColor"/> <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/arrow_upgrade_to" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:focusable="false"/> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout> In Adapter, Button onClickListener is set, also there are dummies to make list non-selectable: // disabling list items select public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() { return false; } public boolean isEnabled(int position) { return false; } What I want is: always show buttons in the bottom of screen after list (no matter how long it is, there should be scroll if it's too long) ListView should not be selectable, I don't want row selection row delete button should be selectable (focusable) with touch and with trackball And everything works except I can't focus row delete button with trackball (although it's working with touch). Can you help me? Thanks!

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• Android ListView delete row button - focus issue

  - by Max Gontar

  I have an activity with ListView and buttons below: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:orientation="vertical"> <ListView android:id="@+id/lvLamps" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:listSelector="@null" android:choiceMode="none" android:scrollbarStyle="insideInset" android:layout_weight="1.0" /> <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:layout_weight="0.0"> <Button android:id="@+id/btnAdd" android:background="@null" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/btn_upgrade" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawableRight="@drawable/lbl_upgrade" android:textSize="0pt" android:text="" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:padding="20px" /> <Button android:id="@+id/btnNext" android:background="@null" android:drawableRight="@drawable/next_btn" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:drawableLeft="@drawable/lbl_next" android:textSize="0pt" android:text="" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:padding="20px" android:visibility="gone" /> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnListExit" android:background="@null" android:src="@drawable/btn_x" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:padding="20px" /> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout> ListView row contains delete button: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:focusable="true"> <RelativeLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:orientation="horizontal" android:focusable="true"> <ImageButton android:id="@+id/btnRowDelete" android:src="@drawable/btn_x" android:background="@null" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:padding="4px" android:focusable="true" android:focusableInTouchMode="true"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/txtLampRowFrom" android:text="123" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="6pt" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/btnRowDelete" android:focusable="false" android:textColor="@color/textColor"/> <TextView android:id="@+id/txtLampRowTo" android:text="123" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textSize="6pt" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/btnRowDelete" android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:focusable="false" android:textColor="@color/textColor"/> <ImageView android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:src="@drawable/arrow_upgrade_to" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_centerVertical="true" android:focusable="false"/> </RelativeLayout> </LinearLayout> In Adapter, Button onClickListener is set, also there are dummies to make list non-selectable: // disabling list items select public boolean areAllItemsEnabled() { return false; } public boolean isEnabled(int position) { return false; } What I want is: always show buttons in the bottom of screen after list (no matter how long it is, there should be scroll if it's too long) ListView should not be selectable, I don't want row selection row delete button should be selectable (focusable) with touch and with trackball And everything works except I can't focus row delete button with trackball (although it's working with touch). Can you help me? Thanks!

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• Programmatically set layout for android

  - by user270811

  Hi, I am trying to improve the layout for my game. The problem is that while I can create a good layout for one android phone, it doesn't work for another, ie the trackball for MyTouch is on the right side (landscape mode), but for the MyCliq, the DPad is on the left side. Is there a way to programmatically set the layout based on which phone it is? Thanks.

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• setContentView gives an exception

  - by sukitha

  I have a button and onClick it changes the contentView by setContentView (int layoutResID). It works fine. But if you take the focus to the button by the trackball(making it yellow) and tap on it, it gives the exception. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view

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• Android full Screen flag gives an exception

  - by sukitha

  In my android app I set this.getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN ); Then my touch screen event doesnt’ work any more. Further Explaining, I have a button and onClick it changes the contentView by setContentView(R.layout.choose_player);. It works fine. But if you take the focus to the button by the trackball(making it yellow) and tap on it, it gives the exception. java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view

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• programmtically set layout for android

  - by user270811

  hi, i am trying to improve the layout for my game. the problem is that while i can create a good layout for one android phone, it doesn't work for another, ie the trackball for MyTouch is on the right side (landscape mode), but for the MyCliq, the DPad is on the left side. is there a way to programmatically set the layout based on which phone it is? thanks.

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• MacBookPro running Windows 7: accidental trackpad input is driving me mad

  - by Ben Hammond

  I am running Windows7 Professional 64bit on a 2010 MacBookPro using BootCamp 3.1. I am using an external trackball. When I am typing, I accidently brushing the trackpad and accidently overtyping randomly selected pieces of text. Which is driving me mad. I have tried to install TrackPad++, but I could not get the Trackpad++ control panel to recognise that the driver software was installed. I tried TrackPad Magic, but although it gives me a system tray icon telling me it is working, but it does not appear to disable the track pad. A quick Google implies that there should be an option in the BootCamp Control Panel 'Ignore accidental Input while typing'. But I can't see one of those in my BootCamp Control Panel. Am I looking in the wrong place? Is this feature 32bit only? Is there anything else I should try?

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• "Sticky button" configuration under X11/Ubuntu?

  - by John Whitley

  Is there a configuration or app that will enable Sticky-keys like functionality for a pointer button under X11? (On Ubuntu 9.10, FWIW.) To be clear, I'd like a single tap (down/up events) to be treated as a down event, and a following tap to be treated as an up event. Context: I have a trackball with a fourth button that I've mapped to act as horizontal/vertical scroll. This works great. It'd be even better if I didn't have to hold the button down when scrolling.

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• Windows7 - Mouse not working, all windows + tray act like inactive

  - by Teo.sk

  I have this problem for two days now. First when it happened, logging out and back in helped, but now this occurs right after booting. I cannot activate any window by clicking into it, and also cannot minimalise, or close it with mouse. In few applications I cannot even interact with them with mouse (e.g. clicking on links in browser). I can scroll an active window with the trackball, and sometimes everything works normally for a little while. Everything works fine, when I use keyboard for this, I can resize, move, close windows with keyboard shortcuts, etc. I ran a complete Avast! scan, but it found nothing important. Also event viewer did not show any relevant errors. Here's a log from HijackThis if it helps anything.

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