I’m using a Logitech MX Master 3 and by default, the Mouse Thumb (Gesture) Button triggers the app switcher UI (like Alt+Tab) and I wanted to change it to the Activities Overview (shows all open windows in a zoom out view), that opens when you press Super.
To achieve this, we need to install Input Remapper:
sudo apt install input-remapperAfter opening it, you select your mouse and create a new Preset, mapping the mouse:button8 to Alt_L+F1.
After this, click on Apply (wait to press any key after clicking on it until it finish loading) and it should be working!
I also toggled Autoload to run this automatically.
Why not map it to Super_L or Super_R?
This was my first attempt to solve this, and I struggled to find out why it was not working. The issue was that it triggered the Workspace Overview instead of the Activities Overview (maybe this is a Wayland behavior), so I had to map that to the shortcut to open the correct one.
After publishing this post, I saw that the project has a list of examples that would have saved me a lot of time trying to figure out how to use it.
🤖 Clarification on the use of Artificial Intelligence in this content
- 📝 AI used for: text correction (I’m not a native English speaker);
- 🧠 Model: ChatGPT 4.1-nano;
- 🧐 Human Reviewed: Yes.
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