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firefox-3.0 package

Mouse side buttons stopped working in 3.0 beta4

Bug #202282 reported by Andres Järv
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

After installing Firefox 3 beta4 the sidebuttons on my mouse, which had previously worked as back/forward, stopped working.

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Andres Järv (andresjarv) wrote :

The regression is still there in 3.0 beta5.

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Fabien Tassin (fta) wrote :

beta 4 added support for buttons 8 and 9 for back/forward
beta 5 added support for buttons 6 and 7 for horizontal scrolling

If you have configured something locally, indeed, it may no longer work. Try to remove it and see if it works as expected.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: New → Incomplete
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Andres Järv (andresjarv) wrote :

I have nothing configured locally. I use evdev and it used to Just Work (tm). Firefox 3.0 beta4 broke the previous correct behaviour for me.

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Andres Järv (andresjarv) wrote :

By the way, xev reports my side buttons as buttons 6 and 7 AND they indeed work as horizontal scrolling... Only that they obviously aren't meant for that behaviour. My mouse (MX310) doesn't even have 9 buttons. So I have no idea who got the codes wrong here. Maybe someone can clear it up.

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Andres Järv (andresjarv) wrote :

Seems to be fixed with recent firefox releases.

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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