[gentoo-user] KDE has lost some desktop mouse actions

[gentoo-user] KDE has lost some desktop mouse actions

[Philip Webb]

Some time ago, KDE lost the ability to assign to desktop Left-Click ;
now it has also lost the ability to assign to desktop Middle-Click ;
only desktop Right-Click remains, which cb assigned either to Context Menu
or to Applications Launcher, both of which are useful :
this is done in  ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc ,
in which I now have at the top :

  [ActionPlugins][0]
  LeftButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste
  MidButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu
  RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.applauncher
  wheel:Vertical;NoModifier=org.kde.switchdesktop

Has anyone managed to assign an action to Left- or Middle-Click ?

I am using the latest (210123) versions of Qt Frameworks Plasma.

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Re: [gentoo-user] KDE has lost some desktop mouse actions

[Dale]

Philip Webb wrote:
> Some time ago, KDE lost the ability to assign to desktop Left-Click ;
> now it has also lost the ability to assign to desktop Middle-Click ;
> only desktop Right-Click remains, which cb assigned either to Context Menu
> or to Applications Launcher, both of which are useful :
> this is done in  ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc ,
> in which I now have at the top :
>
>   [ActionPlugins][0]
>   LeftButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste
>   MidButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu
>   RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.applauncher
>   wheel:Vertical;NoModifier=org.kde.switchdesktop
>
> Has anyone managed to assign an action to Left- or Middle-Click ?
>
> I am using the latest (210123) versions of Qt Frameworks Plasma.
>


I have one line for middle click, MidButton.  Sharing the whole first
part for Actionplugins just in case it will help. 


root@fireball / # cat
/home/dale/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
[ActionPlugins][0]
MidButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste
RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu

[ActionPlugins][0][RightButton;NoModifier]
_add panel=true
_context=true
_lock_screen=true
_logout=true
_run_command=true
_sep1=true
_sep2=true
_sep3=true
_wallpaper=true
add widgets=true
configure=true
configure shortcuts=false
lock widgets=true
manage activities=true
remove=true
run associated application=true

[ActionPlugins][1]
RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu



In the past when something stops working, I sometimes rename the config
directories to *.old and then start fresh.  Sometimes it is a old method
that is no longer supported that stops things from working.  I haven't
had to do that in a long time tho.  Generally, during the first login
after a upgrade, it updates config files to be compatible with new
settings.  Still, I thought it worth a mention. 

Hope the info helps.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] KDE has lost some desktop mouse actions

[Mark Knecht]

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On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:07 AM Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>
> Some time ago, KDE lost the ability to assign to desktop Left-Click ;
> now it has also lost the ability to assign to desktop Middle-Click ;
> only desktop Right-Click remains, which cb assigned either to Context Menu
> or to Applications Launcher, both of which are useful :
> this is done in  ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc ,
> in which I now have at the top :
>
>   [ActionPlugins][0]
>   LeftButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste
>   MidButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu
>   RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.applauncher
>   wheel:Vertical;NoModifier=org.kde.switchdesktop
>
> Has anyone managed to assign an action to Left- or Middle-Click ?
>
> I am using the latest (210123) versions of Qt Frameworks Plasma.
>
> --
> ========================,,============================================
> SUPPORT     ___________//___,   Philip Webb
> ELECTRIC   /] [] [] [] [] []|   Cities Centre, University of Toronto
> TRANSIT    `-O----------O---'   purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
>

Similar to Dale's response:

mark@science:~$ cat .config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
[ActionPlugins][0]
MidButton;NoModifier=org.kde.paste
RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu
wheel:Vertical;NoModifier=org.kde.switchdesktop

[ActionPlugins][1]
RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu

[ActionPlugins][127]
RightButton;NoModifier=org.kde.contextmenu

[Containments][1]
activityId=
formfactor=2
immutability=1
lastScreen=0
location=4
plugin=org.kde.panel
wallpaperplugin=org.kde.image


and then a couple hundred more lines

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Re: [gentoo-user] KDE has lost some desktop mouse actions : solved

[Philip Webb]

210127 Philip Webb wrote:
> Some time ago, KDE lost the ability to assign to desktop Left-Click ;
> now it has also lost the ability to assign to desktop Middle-Click ;
> only desktop Right-Click remains, which cb assigned either to Context Menu
> or to Applications Launcher, both of which are useful :
> this is done in  ~/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc.

In my e-mail archive, I found a msg from Dan Johansson 200102 :

> In ${HOME}/.config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc
> I had for the Desktop layout in the [Containments][1] section :
> "plugin=org.kde.desktopcontainment".  If I change this
> to "plugin=org.kde.plasma.folder" my Left-Click action works again.
> If I change it back, it stops working, so I looks like this is a issue.

That line was in [Containments][7],
but changing it as above does in fact restore the Left Button
& I now have that assigned to 'applauncher' & R-click to 'contextmenu'.

Does anyone know of a man or help file
for  plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc  ?

Belated thanks to Don.

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========================,,============================================
SUPPORT     ___________//___,   Philip Webb
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TRANSIT    `-O----------O---'   purslowatchassdotutorontodotca