Using this blog to hold on to this information. I never use the back/forward buttons on my mouse, and at one point rebound them to Page Up/Down instead. I do not care if there is a superior way to do this. It worked for me.

Originally from the incredibly named: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/11/how-to-bind-mouse-buttons-to-keyboard.html

Programs: sudo apt install xbindkeys x11-utils xdotool

Find mouse button: xev | grep button

Find keyboard key: xev | sed -ne '/^KeyPress/,/^$/p'

Create ~/.xbindkeysrc. First number is keycode. Second number is mouse button: ``` "xdotool key '112'" b:9

"xdotool key '117'" b:8 ```

Run xbindkeys. It should autostart if .xbindkeysrc isn't empty.

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