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Questions tagged [mouse-buttons]

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How to disable "back" button on my mouse?

I have bought Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000. It's working just as I want it except that "back" button on the left side. I constantly hit it with the thumb and browser goes back. I am not used to this behavior, since my older mouse didn't…
Sergiy Belozorov
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Disable touch pad for mouse button region on new HP pavillion models?

i bought a new hp pavillion dv6 series laptop. the laptop itself is fine but it has the new hp touchpad mouse which i absolutely hate. its such a stupid problem to have with a computer. the left and right mouse buttons are, themselves, part of of…
John
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Switching left and right mouse button functions without switching mousepad buttons

I'm left handed and thus I've switched the functions of the left and right mouse buttons so that the right button is the primary. However, I find that when I'm not using the mouse and thus need to use the trackpad and its buttons, I don't want them…
Great Kindness
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How to change microswitches (left/right "mouse button") on Logitech G700?

I already have the new microswitches (left and right mousebutton). Seems like the original ones are for 10 Million clicks, my new ones are for 20 M - OMRON D2FC-F-7N(20M). That's just for whoever searches this in the future. So the mouse is open -…
ezkay
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How can I use the keyboard to switch the mouse between left-handed and right-handed?

We have both left-handed and right-handed users in our house. It would be handy to be able to change this setting from the keyboard rather than using the Mouse control panel. Is there a way to assign a keyboard combination to this function? Edit:…
davidcl
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Mouse button and keypress counter for Windows

I am trying to kick the habit of using a mouse where I could use keyboard shortcuts, for ergonomic reasons. I believe that if I see some statistics of my use of both input devices, I could reduce my use of mouse clicks. Do you know of any free…
Yuval F
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In KDE, how do I assign a mouse thumb button to copy to the clipboard?

In Windows, I use the X-Mouse utility to remap my mouse thumb buttons. I have one assigned as copy, and the other as paste. In KDE, I was happy to discover that I don't need a separate utility to assign one of my thumb buttons as paste. In fact the…
user31438
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How do I carry a mouse with me without damaging the middle mouse button or other buttons?

As a student, I need to carry a mouse with my laptop, but I often end up busting up mice within a year because the middle mouse button gets pressed on hard enough in my backpack to damage it in short order. I've gone through some good Logitech and…
bwDraco
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Microsoft Intellipoint Mouse & control panel (Windows 7)

When at work (with laptop), I have a Microsoft Intellipoint mouse. The driver for this mouse replaces the default "Buttons" panel in the mouse control panel, which means that if I either remote desktop in, or use another mouse (out and about,…
Callie J
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How do I disable the mouse back/forward buttons?

I have a Logitech MX Anywhere 2. Whatever I try it seems impossible to disable the "back/forwards" side buttons on it. I've gone into the Logitech software for it and made sure they are set to "None" on both, but they still are hot. I've even tried…
Jax
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Mouse side-buttons and keyboard browser buttons are reversed

A local overstock store had a sale on a wireless mouse/keyboard set, so I got one. It is very similar to the (cheap Chinese) kind available on eBay. It works fine except that the two side buttons (XButton1/2) which normally map to Forward/Backward…
Synetech
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Razer Mamba left-click doesn't stay pressed when I hold it

I have no idea how this just started to happen. Whenever I play a game and I'm supposed to hold the left button down the mouse/game/OS releases the button when I'm still holding it down. It also occurs whenever I drag a file from one point to…
Petter
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Apples Magic Mouse and pressing left and right buttons together?

How can I use left and right buttons together with the Apple Magic Mouse? More exact press right button and then left button also? Is there a way to do this?
Ephraim
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how to map forward/backward buttons to w and s for game play

I have many mouse's with those buttons, and mouse clicks give left right up down movements in this specific game, and I have to use the keyboard w s for forward and back, is there a way to map the mouse extra buttons to the W and S ?? thanks in…
STommy
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Win10: Unable to use left mouse button for clicking in popups

I have a very strange error with the PC in my family. Here are the symptoms: The system can be used just fine - opening programs, clicking on the windows button, ... Response times are as expected. However, each time a popup from a local program…
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