Pan with Middle Mouse Button held down on 3D Connexion Cadmouse

[hds]

I am guessing this is a long shot, but I am wondering if any else is using 3D Connexion Cadmouse with the Affinity suite. I have zoom set to middle mouse scroll in Affinity Designer and Photo Preferences which I love b/c it works like I have set up in Rhino3D, Fusion360, Zbrush, Blender, etc. The missing piece of the pie is: I would like my middle mouse button held down to work like holding down the spacebar, ie pan. For those not in the know, the Cadmouse has a separate middle mouse button from the scroll wheel click and it can be mapped to a keystroke, a macro, a radial menu or whatever. If I map that button to spacebar in Affinity Photo it works as if you are pressing spacebar and LMB, ie you can pan; this is what I want. However in Affinity Designer it pulls up the pan hand, and you have to simultaneously hold down LMB, which is very awkward and not what I want. Anyone know how I can get this to work the same in the entire Affinity Suite? Thanks

[Dan C]

Hi hds,

It's not something specifically supported but maybe the mouse's control panel supports per application settings for altering the function of the button when a particular app is active.

Lee

[hds]

On 2/24/2023 at 8:00 AM, LeeThorpe said:

Hi hds,

It's not something specifically supported but maybe the mouse's control panel supports per application settings for altering the function of the button when a particular app is active.

Lee

Yes, I realize its not built into Affinity, as far as mapping mouse keys, which is done in the driver/app of the mouse. I am just curious as to why a mapped hotkey of spacebar performs differently in Affinity Photo than in Affinity Designer. The way it works in Photo is useful, not the way it works in Designer

[hds]

Another, perhaps clearer way to phrase this. A mapped mouse hotkey of the spacebar in Photo triggers the closed hand for pan. A mapped mouse hotkey of the spacebar in Designer triggers an open hand for pan. It should trigger the closed hand in order to be useful.

Thanks

[Dan C]

Ah yes I understand, is it not possible to make the middle mouse button act like a middle mouse button for which pan is the default mouse function  anyway?

Lee