Need option to disable mouse "back" and "forward"

[kavaliro]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I, and (hundreds of) thousands like me, need to be able to disable the forward/backward mouse buttons. Other programs use those buttons, and "It's not our problem, go configure your drivers," is the wrong answer. I can do that, but I shouldn't have to. I shouldn't have to turn my computer upside down and reconfigure half a dozen programs when only one is misbehaving. I'm not even asking that you add it to the gui: I'm perfectly happy with configuring firefox to refrain from hijacking my mouse in about:config, if this is an option.

A quick google search will show that this is a real user interface problem that annoys the crap out of just about everyone who owns a mouse with more than two buttons and a scrollwheel. Can someone please provide a real solution to this? Thanks in advance.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.10+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[David Alejandro (davidcanul)]

i'am have the same problem with mx610 coreless laser mouse. i'm need the button for activate kwin effect

[Allan (allan-stokes)]

I've just run up against the same problem. Apparently, that makes me and one other guy. In any case, the lonely multitudes are aggrieved.

I do quite a bit of editing on wikis, and what I wish to configure those mouse buttons to do (for that work process) is act as HOME and END keys. Either when I'm backing through pages I want to slam to the top, or I'm browsing forward and want to access the categories by slamming to the bottom.

I thought that configuring btnx would cover this. It worked for every application *except* Firefox.

I'm a bit shocked that Firefox doesn't seem to have a way to disable this helpful behaviour in about:config. There are many other mouse parameters in there, and this mouse button intervention particularly conflicts with other approaches.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.