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BUTTON REMAPPING IN WINDOWS
SOFTWARE OPTIONS
The TetraMouse can output 8 mouse button signals and scroll wheel up
and down signals, however, the Windows mouse driver is only capable
of handling 5 buttons and a scroll wheel. Therefore, most programs
running in Windows are not capable of using more than 5 buttons. A
program called X-Mouse Button Control is available from Highresolution
Enterprises on their website at www.highrez.co.uk. X-Mouse Button
Control is free “donation ware”. If you decide to use it, please consider
making a donation to the author at the highrez.co.uk website. X-Mouse
Button Control, when used with the TetraMouse, provides the equivalent
of 7 usable mouse buttons while retaining scrolling functionality. The first
5 buttons (left, right, middle, button 4 and button 5) can be remapped to
perform various keystroke shortcuts and functions. Since the left, right
and middle buttons provide the most often used mouse button functions,
they are best left to operate normally without being remapped. The
middle button, when activated in most applications with scrollbars, will
change the mouse pointer to a scroll cursor, and scrolling may be
performed by moving the right joystick. This makes the scroll outputs
from the TetraMouse available to be remapped in X-Mouse Button
Control just like the other mouse buttons, giving the user the equivalent
of 7 button functions. Unfortunately, no generic mouse driver yet exists
(for Windows) that can use buttons 6, 7 and 8 from any mouse, including
the TetraMouse. The X-Mouse Button Control program is recommended
for Windows users with the TetraMouse. See the highrez.co.uk website
for more information about how X-Mouse Button Control works.
Summary of Contents for TetraMouse TMXS
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