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Implementing Bind mouse buttons in Keyboard Applet
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Description
Description
Currently in the keyboard applet you cannot bind mouse buttons only keyboard buttons. This is something I've been working on implementing and I have completed it I'm just cleaning up the implementation before I make a PR.
Related Issue
There was an issue opened for this a bit over a year ago in the linuxmint/cinnamon-desktop repo but I opened a new one here because the Keyboard applet is under this repo
Implementation
The implementation for this is pretty straightforward I just needed to modify KeybindingWidgets.py to allow for mouse button input and to not allow Mouse buttons 1-3 to be used. After this I also needed to do some work in SettingsWidgets.py as that handles conflicts between keybinds.
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with KeybindingWidgets.py to understand the existing keyboard-binding input and the stated mouse-button restrictions, then inspect SettingsWidgets.py for keybinding conflict handling. Review the related cinnamon-desktop issue for context. Done means mouse buttons can be bound in the keyboard applet while the specified buttons remain unavailable and conflicts are handled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100