Logitech scripting combining keystroke and mouse click

Question

I'm trying to make a script that repeatedly clicks left mouse button when I hold left control key with left mouse button at the same time

This is what I have so far:

function OnEvent(event, arg, family)
  OutputLogMessage("clicked event = %s, arg = %s\n", event, arg);
 if event == "MOUSE_BUTTON_PRESSED" and arg == 1 and Ctrl_Down == 1 then
      repeat
      PressMouseButton(1) //repeat while the left mouse button down
      until not PressMouseButton(1)
     else ReleaseMouseButton(3) //stop the repating on left mouse button up
  end

end

Please note this is my first time looking over this type of coding as any help is greatly appreciated

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '19 at 14:14

First of all, you have to define EnablePrimaryMouseButtonEvents() to enables event reporting for mouse button 1

To avoid any endless loop you have to put sleep();

Press left control key then left mouse button it will repeat the click until you release the left mouse button then release left control key the script should be stopped

Your final code should be like:

EnablePrimaryMouseButtonEvents(true);

function OnEvent(event, arg)
    if IsModifierPressed("lctrl") then
        repeat  
            if IsMouseButtonPressed(1) then
                repeat
                    PressMouseButton(1)
                    Sleep(15)
                    ReleaseMouseButton(1)
                until not IsMouseButtonPressed(1)
            end             
        until not IsModifierPressed("lctrl")
    end         
end

Awesome! this exactly what I wanted to do – Liam Feb 22 '19 at 14:16 — Liam, Feb 22 '19 at 14:16

Nifim · Answer 2 · 2019-02-18T21:27:19.383

0

What you are specifically looking for may not be possible with the api.

When you call PressMouseButton(1) this changes the state of the left mouse button. when you call ReleaseMouseButton(1) the same is true even if you are still pressing the button, the script will see it as released. This means you can't use IsMouseButtonPressed(1) to detect if the button is still pressed.

To create a "click" you would need to use PressAndReleaseMouseButton(1) and with this you can no longer detect when YOU stop pressing the mouse button. As an alternative you can look at the ctrl key and see if it is still pressed, using IsModifierPressed("ctrl").

The following should repeat after a left click with ctrl down is detected and only end once ctrl has been released:

function OnEvent(event, arg, family)
    OutputLogMessage("clicked event = %s, arg = %s\n", event, arg);
    if event == "MOUSE_BUTTON_PRESSED" and arg == 1 and Ctrl_Down == 1 then
        repeat
            PressAndReleaseMouseButton(1) --repeat while the ctrl is still pressed
        until not IsModifierPressed("ctrl")
    end
end

This information is based on the Logitech G-series Lua API V3.02.

edited Feb 18 '19 at 21:27

answered Feb 18 '19 at 21:04

Nifim

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@Liam Is it entering the if statement? i couldn't find information to confirm this condition `Ctrl_Down == 1` it may need to be replaced with `IsModifierPressed("ctrl")` – Nifim Feb 19 '19 at 14:47
It's still repeating the click the script not stopping – Liam Feb 19 '19 at 17:41
Is its repeating within the `repeat` loop endlessly? or is `PressAndReleaseMouseButton` causing recursive calls to `OnEvent`? if your seeing multiple `OutputLogMessage` than it is `OnEvent` if that is the case can remove the `repeat` loop all together. – Nifim Feb 20 '19 at 15:41
it's repeating within the repeat loop endlessly it causing lag to the pc, I need to restart the PC to fix it – Liam Feb 21 '19 at 04:02

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