Linux 7.3 To Support Logitech HID++ 2.0 Reprogrammable Button Support
Linux 7.3 To Support Logitech HID++ 2.0 Reprogrammable Button Support Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 7 August 2026 at 03:28 PM EDT. Add A Comment For those with newer, high-end Logitech input devices, coming with Linux 7.3 is support for the re-programmable button support of the HID++ 2.0 protocol. The HID++ 2.0 device protocol's reprogrammable button support allows for software to query, remap, and divert mouse buttons and special keyboard keys.
- ▪Linux 7.3 To Support Logitech HID++ 2.0 Reprogrammable Button Support Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 7 August 2026 at 03:28 PM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment For those with newer, high-end Logitech input devices, coming with Linux 7.3 is support for the re-programmable button support of the HID++ 2.0 protocol.
- ▪The HID++ 2.0 device protocol's reprogrammable button support allows for software to query, remap, and divert mouse buttons and special keyboard keys.
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Linux 7.3 To Support Logitech HID++ 2.0 Reprogrammable Button Support Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 7 August 2026 at 03:28 PM EDT. Add A Comment For those with newer, high-end Logitech input devices, coming with Linux 7.3 is support for the re-programmable button support of the HID++ 2.0 protocol. The HID++ 2.0 device protocol's reprogrammable button support allows for software to query, remap, and divert mouse buttons and special keyboard keys. When a button is diverted, a special notification is used rather than a standard key event. There have been some user-space open-source software solutions for the Logitech reprogrammable button support handling and UIs to remap while now the logitech-hidpp kernel driver is seeing support for this HID++ 2.0 capability.
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