middle-click in ubuntu guest

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fmanga
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middle-click in ubuntu guest

Post by fmanga »

Hi everyone,

does someone know if it is possible to simulate a middle-click with ubuntu 10.04 guest. I have to use a program (Xfig) for which the middle-click is very important. I have a macbook pro 15'' mid 2010 version running mac os 10.6.

Thank you very much in advance.
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Re: middle-click in ubuntu guest

Post by Sasquatch »

All I know is that using the left and right mouse buttons at the same time can result in a middle click simulation. It depends on the program too on how to interpret it, some don't work with it. No idea how VB handles it too, I only did it a few times on my laptop directly with the touchpad buttons.
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