linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: lenovo: Improve wheel emulation

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1508121435120.27871@pobox.suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:36:06 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:	Jamie Lentin <jm@...tin.co.uk>
cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] HID: lenovo: Improve wheel emulation

On Tue, 11 Aug 2015, Jamie Lentin wrote:

> A collection of unrelated patches to improve support for the Thinkpad
> compact keyboards. The first 2 are just cleanup patches.
> 
> The final patch alters the behaviour of the middle button so userspace
> either gets wheel events or a button click, not both. This stops
> browsers opening a link in a new tab as well as scrolling, for example.
> 
> This means you can no longer long-middle-click, but I don't think this
> is likely to upset users as much as the current behaviour.

Makes sense. Let's see whether we receive any complaints about it (I don't 
expect that).

Applied to for-4.3/lenovo.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs

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