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swiatmar · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 238 Location: Danube, AT

Hello,
Is it possible to put some extra key on the keyboard with the same function like the mouse right click? I know it is possible to put a new command to:
/root/.jwmrc and /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal
but I can't find out what is the name of the mouse right click.
And I don't mean the same function that F12 has. Because it opens only the menu. But doesn't work for the context menu in ROX

`f00

hi, yep rightclick is 'button2' but not much idea of a direct keyboard bind - likely someone knows for sure. A rightclick may do a variety of actions depending on what's in focus (and which wm, app or..)

On most US keybards, 'contextmenu' key is the one directly to the left of the right Ctrl key at bottom (and works fine for win32 and some apps in puppy (I guess more than anything else sometimes, happy accidents as the late Bob Ross would say). Hwr binds are occasionally strange unless you use them all the time and by habit know what works - sometimes Ctrl+Q, others Alt+F4 sometimes Alt+F1 doesn't open a root menu in some wms and documentation is a perhaps when/if you need it (yesterday I could not find the key-combo for opening a rootmenu in openbox when mouse rightclick failed arrrrgh). A general look in wikipedia, keyboard shortcuts

Probably tab/dirkey to focus and try that contextmenu key? hth

swiatmar · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 238 Location: Danube, AT

thanks!!
well it was really easy. I was trying little bit and I found out that the context menu is under control/backslash.
good it is working. But if I try to create a new shortcut in /root/.jwm/jwmrc-personal nothing is happening

The point is- someone ask me about puppy and touchscreen computer(webdt). so he has no mouse and would like to have the option of right click. now he has some extra buttons on the screen frame and would like to connect it to the context menu Smile

`f00 · Posted: Sat 14 Nov 2009, 20:55 Post subject:

There must be a cli or table of info to interpret your input as the code the machine 'hears' (I know games use a simplified gui for something similar on controller pads and such to translate to keystrokes or vice-versa, but that's more windows/dx-related). ASCII tables? It'll probably take a little reference digging..

trapster · Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 1966 Location: Maine, USA

F12 key will open the menu in jwm.

swiatmar · Joined: 09 Aug 2008 Posts: 238 Location: Danube, AT

F12 opens only the main menu
I found out that the context menu can be open with backslash.
but now is the question-how do I connect this shortcut with other button

lapis · Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 185

abushcrafter · Joined: 30 Oct 2009 Posts: 1447 Location: England

To enable the "windows key" (Also know as the Hyper or the Super or the Meta key in Linux.) and the "Menu" key. By Setting, in the "xorgwizard" script, the default keyboard model to "pc104" or "Setup>Mouse/keyboard Wizard>Advanced Xorg keyboard configuration...>OK>Keyborad Model". Then restart X. The win key is know as the "Hyper" key in Puppy Linux.