Using Mouse Keys Instead of Keyboard Keys

[bmearnhardt]

It's probably more common to use keyboards instead of mouse keys for push-to-talk. but I do have a mouse with the extra keys on the side. I know they are bound to forward and back as I use the forward key for PTT on X11. I don't know much about the Linux key code system and was wondering if it was possible to use a mouse instead? I have the Logitech G900 for reference.

I tried with the forward key from the key code links but I only got a "This device is not capable of sending this key code" message.

[ckx]

I'm also interested in using a mouse for PTT. Is this something this codebase can be adapted to do easily?

[Rush]

Yes. PRs welcome:)

[hypevhs]

I have a Razer Naga Pro v1. I bound the first macro key to "F13"... and apparently the XF86 key for that is "Tools". The linux driver exposes two keyboards. The if01 one doesn't seem to do anything for me, but the if02 one will send F13 just fine.

sudo ./push-to-talk -v /dev/input/by-id/usb-1532_Razer_Naga_Pro_000000000000-if02-event-kbd -k KEY_F13 -n XF86Tools

[ckx]

I took a quick look at enabling mouse keys in the source, but the brain dead approaches I tried didn't pan out, so I ended up doing something similar to @libjared.

Since I use all my mouse buttons on a regular basis (but not necessarily while gaming with friends on voice), I ended up creating a second profile on my mouse with M5 set to a key I don't use, edited the PTT_XKEY_EVENT definition in the cpp file, rebuilt, and set an alias:

alias ptt="sudo /home/ckx/repos/wayland-push-to-talk-fix/push-to-talk /dev/input/by-id/usb-Razer_Razer_Basilisk_V3-if02-event-kbd"

This works good enough for me, but it would still be nice to have support for mouse buttons in the source.

[Rush]

Ironically, I also made some in-source changes for a new use-case I have. :-) All good! Glad the base source is useful enough to make modifications easily.

[Arroquw]

My mouse (logitech G pro wireless) sends BTN_EXTRA on the M5 key, which this tool supports just fine

[mariog0ncalves]

My mouse (logitech G pro wireless) sends BTN_EXTRA on the M5 key, which this tool supports just fine

I have a G203. My forward button on discord maps to Mouse9 key, but I can't seem to make it work. Mapping the PTT to F12 for instance, works but it applies generally across the system