Bug 447089 - Mouse switching UI leads to confusion and settings applied to the wrong mouse
Summary: Mouse switching UI leads to confusion and settings applied to the wrong mouse
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 438266
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_mouse (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Keywords: usability
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2021-12-16 19:06 UTC by Reuben
Modified: 2024-03-25 01:50 UTC (History)
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Description Reuben 2021-12-16 19:06:02 UTC 
1) Go to mouse settings
2) Select left handed mouse

RESULT - buttons do not switch

EXPECTED - buttons switch
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2021-12-16 20:22:09 UTC 
This works for me with current git master, so it's possible this was fixed recently.

If your mouse page has multiple mice listed in the dropdown menu at the top, make sure the correct one is selected. Can you check that?

Also what version of Plasma are you using, and on what distro?
Comment 2 Reuben 2021-12-16 20:26:36 UTC 
:facepalm: 

I totally missed the mouse switcher in the UI. Is that there under X also?  It might be nice to make "all mice" the default setting, although it's certainly nice that I can configure this per device now. Can we reframe this ticket as an enhancement request?
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2021-12-16 20:47:43 UTC 
Yeah I've missed that myself at times!

There's also the wrinkle that my ThinkPad's TrackPoint is detected as a mouse, and that my wireless mouse shows up as two devices, not one. But those are separate issues. :)
Comment 4 Nate Graham 2024-03-25 01:50:07 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 438266 ***