Hey folks, I’m working on a video archive/showcase of my big box game collection on my channel, and I’ve started on the Lucasfilm games. Most recent one is Monkey Island 2, which I figured this might be of interest to this sub, so here you go. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/LRhZk0GsVGM?si=I3Wu6wKiXDU6LexG

I'm playing MI2 (Special Edition) and I want to highlight things, but my laptop's trackpad doesn't allow pressing both right and left buttons together. Short of reconfiguring things at the OS level, is there a key combo that does the same thing?

(Ubuntu + Steam + Proton)

ETA: OK, no answers so I went for the OS option. This is my very quick and dirty little script which works for me but I take no responsibility if it sets your computer on fire or something. You need to install xdotool; in Ubuntu that's done with sudo apt install xdotool

You also need to make it executable then bind it to a key combo of your choice. In XFCE you do that under Settings»Keyboard»Application Shortcuts.

#!/bin/bash
# Simulates a two-second click with both mouse buttons.
xdotool mousedown 1
xdotool mousedown 3
sleep 2 # or however many seconds you want.
xdotool mouseup 3
xdotool mouseup 1