Left handed mouse?

Technical Issues
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Under “Mouse and Keyboard” I’ve set my mouse to left handed. It works until I restart, at which point it reverts back to right handed (though it says it’s left handed).

Is there a way to set it to left handed via the terminal which might have more sticking power? Thanks for your help.

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Oh - my apologies, I did see that but I hoped there was a more recent fix, since it seemed like the “Mouse and Keyboard” didn’t exist in 2021 when it was posted. I’ll follow those instructions, then. Thanks for the fast reply.

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I’ve followed the instructions and added the following to the end of my autostart, but am still having the same issue, it reverts back to right handed when I reboot. It’s definitely the correct command, as it does change the mouse to left handed if I run it in the terminal during my session.

xinput set-prop 19 305 1

Thanks for any suggestions.

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I found the solution on Reddit, for anyone else who’s looking:

Add:

Section "InputClass"
    Identifier "libinput left-handed"
    MatchDriver "libinput"
    MatchIsPointer "on"
    Option "LeftHanded" "on"
EndSection

to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, or a file in /etc/X11/Xorg.conf.d/