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    Change function of trackpoint buttons?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by iivisionii, Jun 11, 2008.

  1. iivisionii

    iivisionii Newbie

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    I have a new Lenovo R61 Laptop. I looked and couldn't find any way to remap the 3 trackpoint buttons above the touchpad. I want to map them to back and forward buttons, but couldn't find anything to do that. Is it possible?

    Also, is there any way to switch the Fn button and control button? I read a post that said its hard wired and there's no way to do it, but i wanted to make sure.

    Thanks.
     
    iivisionii, Jun 11, 2008
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  2. czhang

    czhang Notebook Consultant

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    What you read is true, The fn button is hardwired. I don't think you can customize the mouse keys THAT much, but I'm not sure because I don't actually have a ThinkPad.
     
    czhang, Jun 11, 2008
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  3. Pnanasnoic

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    Bump to this. Does anyone know of a way to change the functions of the trackpoint buttons?
    Thank you
     
    Pnanasnoic, Jan 22, 2009
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  4. czhang

    czhang Notebook Consultant

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    Not possible AFAIK, again these are hardwired and set as mouse buttons. If it was possible to remap a regular mouse's buttons then this would be but I don't think you can.
     
    czhang, Jan 22, 2009
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  5. Pnanasnoic

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    I fear you're correct. Thanks for the feedback.
     
    Pnanasnoic, Jan 22, 2009
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    mrjohn Notebook Consultant

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    I would imagine the only way would be at the driver level - and that would take hardware specs and someone with the skill to actually write a HID driver.
     
    mrjohn, Jan 22, 2009
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