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That's about the summary of my problem. Just updated to 12.04 and Button2 will no longer activate the compiz 'Scale' facility for window switching. There doesn't seem to be any binding conflicts (in compiz config .. assuming this is the right place to set it?).

Does someone have some advice?

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Assuming I read your question correctly, I was able to set middle mouse button to enable Window scale. From what I see, it is no longer part of the default settings but you can easily set it this way using CCSM Install compizconfig-settings-manager.

Once you have installed it, open CCSM and search for Scale.

Open scale

Then go to Bindings tab in Scale and click on Initiate Window Picker (the third option with a mouse icon next to it).

Mouse option

Click on the checkbox next to Enable and choose Button2 in the dropdown list.

Enable middle button

Now that all the settings are set, log out and back in and you would now be able to enable Window scaling using your middle mouse button.

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  • Thankyou for the detailed suggestion. That was the first thing I tried, it didn't work. So I tried it again .. and it didn't work [repeat ad-nausium]. – Empty Aug 31 '12 at 07:13
  • @Empty Weird. I have tried twice now and it works. Could you try running unity --replace in a terminal and see if that makes any difference? – jokerdino Aug 31 '12 at 07:16
  • unity --replace: no process found, gui crashed. – Empty Aug 31 '12 at 07:21
  • @Empty I think one other setting is probably conflcting. Check Viewport switcher - http://imgur.com/uALdW – jokerdino Aug 31 '12 at 07:21
  • viewport switcher is disabled – Empty Aug 31 '12 at 07:24
  • Getting weirder and weirder. I am now quite sure I probably misread your question. What do you expect to happen when you middle click? – jokerdino Aug 31 '12 at 07:29
  • OK unity --replace (run with root) reset my unity configuration back to zero. Bye Bye 3 hours effort – Empty Aug 31 '12 at 07:38
  • I want the middle mouse button to activate the 'Scale' effect of Compiz, it really is that simple. – Empty Aug 31 '12 at 07:41
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    Why did you run that with root? o.O Does Super-W do what you want to do with Scale-effect? – jokerdino Aug 31 '12 at 07:43
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    Same problem here. Keyboard bindings work for the scale. http://i.imgur.com/fwQcb.png However, the mouse bindings dont. Earlier, if I would push my pointer in the top-right corner, the windows would scale. Now it doesnt. I suspect a recent upgrade has caused it. unity --replace gives this as OP: http://pastebin.com/5fy6MSU8 – theTuxRacer Sep 06 '12 at 05:18
  • Wow, I restarted the machine. Its working now. Never knew Ubuntu to be a restart-to-apply kind of OS. – theTuxRacer Sep 06 '12 at 05:26
  • @theTuxRacer I am glad the solution eventually worked for you. Does it also mean that my solution is correct after all? – jokerdino Sep 06 '12 at 05:32
  • @Empty I just tested my solution on a clean 12.04.1 install and it works. I am now of the opinion that you are using Unity-2D. What do you get for echo $DESKTOP_SESSION? – jokerdino Sep 06 '12 at 05:33
  • @theTuxRacer Also, if you would want to bind hot corners to scale windows, you can try this solution. – jokerdino Sep 06 '12 at 05:40
  • @theTuxRacer Ubuntu is not a restart-to-apply OS, but some features require you to log out and log back in, or sometimes to restart the interface. In the case of Unity, you just have to run unity to restart it. – RolandiXor Sep 06 '12 at 05:59
  • @jokerdino I would think so, yes. My laptop wasn't turned off since maybe 15 days. I just update the packages, reset the bindings, did unity --replace and rebooted the laptop. It works now! – theTuxRacer Sep 06 '12 at 10:35
  • @theTuxRacer: O_o... – RolandiXor Sep 06 '12 at 21:19