My mouse has 5 buttons. In OSX I bind the farleft button to expose and the far right to show desktop. I was hoping to do something similar in Linux. The far left to switch to next desktop and the ...

I've done much googling on the prospect of using the thumb buttons on my mouse to do something useful in X.In fact, this guide explains how to configure X + imwheel with a mouse that's a near ...

I will also be using extra mouse buttons, myself I have a Logitech MX518. It has only 2 extra buttons, but it also has 3 "utility buttons" for use outside of applications.

The script binds one of your extra mouse buttons combined with the mouse wheel to activate Alt-Tab or Shift-Alt-Tab, depending on which way you are scrolling the mouse.

It’s expensive, and the Synapse app could be easier to use, but the Razer Pro Click 2 is well-designed and comfortable to use ...