CJ Randolph Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 It would be handy if I could bind "keyboard" shortcuts to some of my extra mouse buttons. The buttons are just sitting around doing nothing, and I could put a tool or two on them. ljredux and Chris B 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 59 minutes ago, CJ Randolph said: It would be handy if I could bind "keyboard" shortcuts to some of my extra mouse buttons. The buttons are just sitting around doing nothing, and I could put a tool or two on them. Are you talking about a mouse with more than two buttons and a wheel? I think this is something the mouse driver or a mouse utility software has to take care of. How could Serif tell, which mouse buttons are available? I think some Logitech and some gamer mice have this. Cheers, d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Randolph Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 That's exactly what I'm talking about, quite common for gaming, business, and home purposes for at least a decade now. All of these buttons are also already recognized on the operating system level and are exposed through standard interface APIs. And Affinity wouldn't have to detect which buttons were available, only be able to use the signals it's already receiving. I'm not asking Serif to write mouse drivers; that's already been taken care of. ljredux 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 39 minutes ago, CJ Randolph said: That's exactly what I'm talking about, quite common for gaming, business, and home purposes for at least a decade now. All of these buttons are also already recognized on the operating system level and are exposed through standard interface APIs. And Affinity wouldn't have to detect which buttons were available, only be able to use the signals it's already receiving. I'm not asking Serif to write mouse drivers; that's already been taken care of. Re-read dominik's reply. 1 hour ago, dominik said: mouse utility software has to take care of. Check out the mouse's software and apply the tool short cuts to the mouse buttons in that. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominik Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 59 minutes ago, CJ Randolph said: All of these buttons are also already recognized on the operating system level and are exposed through standard interface APIs. This is something I am not quite sure of but you may know more about this than I do. After thinking about the topic I recalled the mention of a freeware that seems to do this with any mouse: https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/xmousebuttoncontrol.htm It's on Windows only, but maybe worth a try? d. Quote Affinity Designer 1 & 2 | Affinity Photo 1 & 2 | Affinity Publisher 1 & 2 Affinity Designer 2 for iPad | Affinity Photo 2 for iPad | Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad Windows 11 64-bit - Core i7 - 16GB - Intel HD Graphics 4600 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M iPad pro 9.7" + Apple Pencil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Randolph Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 Thanks for the suggestions, though my feature request stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 If it doesn't work, I would class it as a bug :-). Aammppaa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Chris B Posted July 22, 2019 Staff Share Posted July 22, 2019 Hey CJ Randolph, I just wanted to let you know I have logged this as a bug as per Mark's request. I think this is an excellent idea btw hubob 1 Quote How to format a bug report | Learning Resources | List of V2 FAQs | YouTube Tutorials Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljredux Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Windows natively supports mice with up to five buttons: left, middle (the mouse wheel button), and right, plus two additional buttons called XBUTTON1 and XBUTTON2. The Windows Messages that need to be handled are listed here. Bloated mouse utility software (which add latency) shouldn't be required to support those two extra buttons. I would love to be able to shift those horrible so-called 'shortcuts' which require a simultaneous left click + right click over to the additional buttons. Getting the timing right and avoiding context menu popups is a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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