How can I disable "Middle-Click to Close" in Window Overview?

Question

In Elementary OS Freya (0.3.2), if an item is middle-clicked on in Window Overview (super + w), such as Google Chrome or Terminal, that process is closed/killed. Is there anyway to disable this feature?

Cheers

Answer 1

I have a trackpad with a large middle click zone. Accidentally closing windows is the worst.

So, I disabled middle click in terminal:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 99 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"

This takes effect immediately. Then if I start using a mouse, where again I want middle click to work, I run the reverse command:

xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"

You can put pointer = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 into the file ~/.Xmodmap to setup a persistent default that will take effect when you login.

I'd LOVE to find a better fix.