On my Notebook there is a third mouse button, which I sometimes accidently press… Ideally I would give it the same function as Left or Right Button or give it no function at all… Is there a way to control this in Qubes (xfce)?
what’s your laptop model?
Fujitsu H780.
Works great btw with Qubes (64GB RAM installed)…
Already checked BIOS and didn’t find an option there…
can you try this in dom0?
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 0 3'
this binds “nothing” to middle button, at least works for me.
If pointing does not work after this, try different values or reboot to resolve 
This setting is gone after reboot? Don’t want to lock me out 
yes, it is temporary. We will see later how to make this at boot if it works fine 
just type systemctl reboot if you can’t click
or:
xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 0 3'
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you are right, sorry for the mistake, it’s just simple quotes
This seems to do the trick 
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Actually, you can get the current value of the pointer map with xmodmap -pp if you want to see the default values before changing them.
If you have a mouse with multiple buttons (on the side), setting the 3 first values let the other with their current values (you should see a warning message telling you about this). xmodmap -pp shows me 12 buttons.
You can automate this at session startup by going into System Settings>Session and Startup>Application Autostart and clicking “Add”.
Works like a charm, you are a great help!
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