Elecom EX-G Pro Trackball

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

This came out around 2018-08.

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Elecom ex-g pro trackball Buy at amazon

Scroll wheel can be pushed left/right.

Many amazon reviews says the ball has strong friction when you start to roll it. This is bad when you need pixel precision.

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8 buttons total. 3 standard, plus 4 extra buttons. Buy at amazon
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back [image source https://imgur.com/a/L6hDHfh]

Ball Size

Ball size: 34mm diameter.

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Trackball Ball Sizes and Replacement

Work in Linux?

Yes. Plug and play.

Linux kernel dated after 2019-05-30 supports the Fn1 Fn2 Fn3 buttons.

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linux kernel patch for elecom trackball
source [2020-03-21 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/hid/hid-elecom.c ]

You can remap mouse buttons in Linux using xinput. [see Linux: How to Swap Mouse Buttons]

Compared to EX-G

The EX-G Pro is improvement of the previous EX-G.

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• Elecom EX-G Trackball • Elecom EX-G Pro Trackball
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The ball is more exposed for better control.
• Elecom EX-G Pro Trackball • Elecom EX-G Trackball
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Buy

Buy at amazon

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