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Touchpad-button-fix - toggles left and right mouse/touchpad buttons and back
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#!/bin/bash
# Touchpad-button-fix - toggles left and right mouse/touchpad buttons and back
# Again (fixes issue with missed touchpad buttons clicks)
# Detect mouse button position, switch mouse button position, then switch back
for l in {1..2}; do
state=$(xmodmap -pp | sed -n '5p' | awk '{ print $2 }') # detect button posit.
if [ "$state" == "1" ]; then
xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1" &> /dev/null
sleep 2
else
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3" &> /dev/null
fi
done
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