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X-Mouse Button Control gives your mouse super powers
If you're using a mouse with a slew of buttons, X-Mouse Button control provides a way to better utilize them in your favorite applications. Those of you with a crazy 38-button Razer, no, it won't support them all, but it can handle five buttons and a tilt wheel.
You're not locked in to one configuration - add as many apps as you like, and tweak settings for each as you see fit. A large list of commands are available, including cut/copy/paste, media controls, simulated keyboard input, print screen, browser commands, and a host of others. Vista users can assign Flip3d and show/hide sidebar to buttons.
X-Mouse's keyboard input setting is an excellent way to quickly execute an application's macros, scripts, or actions - I found it extremely handy in Photoshop.
Apart from the mouse button power-up it provides, X-Mouse can also save and restore your desktop icon layout with two quick clicks on its tray icon.
The developer offers X-Mouse as a free download for both 32 and 64-bit Windows.
You're not locked in to one configuration - add as many apps as you like, and tweak settings for each as you see fit. A large list of commands are available, including cut/copy/paste, media controls, simulated keyboard input, print screen, browser commands, and a host of others. Vista users can assign Flip3d and show/hide sidebar to buttons.
X-Mouse's keyboard input setting is an excellent way to quickly execute an application's macros, scripts, or actions - I found it extremely handy in Photoshop.
Apart from the mouse button power-up it provides, X-Mouse can also save and restore your desktop icon layout with two quick clicks on its tray icon.
The developer offers X-Mouse as a free download for both 32 and 64-bit Windows.
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Subscribe to commentsDeoWulfMar 5th 2009 3:50PM
My old mouse's left click is worn out to the point of only working one time out of 3 now, which really sucks for games. I discovered this program a long time ago so I could assign left-click to one of the side buttons and keep fragging :D
Lee MathewsMar 5th 2009 3:51PM
Nice! Another handy use for this one....
DeoWulfMar 5th 2009 4:01PM
It has conditioned me to click with my thumb now, though, so I'll have to re-adapt if I ever get around to buying a new mouse. Like you I've got an old optical, and it's a bit worse for wear...
yuvalMar 7th 2009 7:58AM
I just love it when it happens.
I just bought a new mouse, first time for me with 5 buttons, I wanted to change two of them to control my media player. Yesterday I tried to find something for free and couldn't.
Thanks a lot, you published it just in time :)
yuvalMar 7th 2009 7:59AM
I just love it when it happens.
I just bought a new mouse, first time for me with 5 buttons, I wanted to change two of them to control my media player. Yesterday I tried to find something for free and couldn't.
Thanks a lot, you published it just in time :)
Warner YoungMar 6th 2009 9:44PM
Will this let me reconfigure the thumb button on a Logitech mouse to be "middle-click" by itself, without requiring the SetPoint or MouseWare software to be loaded? If so, then this is what I've been wanting.
Lee MathewsMar 6th 2009 9:45PM
It just might...Ought to detect that as "left x button." It's free, so you don't have anything to lose, apart from a few minutes of your time!