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Extra Mouse Button and left/right wheel issues (Linux not ready yet, because of flutter bug)

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#1169 opened on Aug 3, 2022

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Description

Describe the bug you encountered:

On a mouse with extra buttons:

  • The scroll left and scroll right buttons are reversed.
  • The back and forward mouse buttons are not supported at all.

Scroll left/right: For example, on this page: https://www.w3schools.com/howto/howto_css_menu_horizontal_scroll.asp

On the little example navigation area which has a horizontal scrollbar, in normal use (not using RustDesk) clicking the scroll right button (tiliting middle button to the right) will scroll to the right normally. However, when doing this on a remote machine using RustDesk, the behaviour of the scroll buttons are reversed - tilting the middle button to the right scrolls left, and tilting left scrolls right.

Back and forward buttons: The back and forward buttons do not seem to be passed through to the remote machine at all (for example, these buttons are normally used to navigate back/forward in a web browser or through folders in Windows Explorer etc).

If it will help, according to what I have read online, the "back" button should be XBUTTON1 and "forward" should be XBUTTON2 (source).

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/virtual-key-codes

For the right/left scroll, I'm unsure how they work whether it's as a button or maybe this - simply my guess.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/inputdev/wm-mousehwheel

On my mouse, it clicks like a button but maybe it's technically a wheel. In any case, as stated above, it is currently implemented but in reverse.

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What did you expect to happen instead? Reverse the current scroll left/right behaviour to fix the scrolling issue. Scrolling right on the mouse should scroll right, and left should scroll left.

Implement passthrough for back and forward mouse buttons.

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How did you install RustDesk?

Build from source (yesterday)

RustDesk version and environment

Client: Windows 10, Rustdesk built from source Remote: Windows 7, Rustdesk 1.1.9 downloaded from website.

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Tech stack
rustflutter
Domain
desktop
Issue type
bug
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
RustFlutterinput handling
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Investigate the mouse event handling code in the Flutter frontend (likely in `lib/` directory) and the Rust backend for input simulation. Reverse the scroll left/right mapping and add support for XBUTTON1 (back) and XBUTTON2 (forward) using virtual key codes from the Windows API. Check the referenced Flutter bug that blocks Linux support.