Re: Help - Mouse button config

Hooky wrote:
Thanks ddpcad

It does sound a bit odd doesn't it? I will try to give you a reason
why. Here goes...

We are refining a set of tools that provide different way of using the
mouse/keyboard combination. It is the idea of my friend (a retired
architect) that has been using cad systems since these became
available. He has been working with this for many years, but as the cad
systems improved over the years, they changed as well. In the original
DOS based systems you would have used the left button to initiate a
line (I believe). In the new windows based versions this has obviously
changed - as you correctly pointed out. He is thus forced to use his
DOS system and these are becoming more "obsolete" as one has to get
very creative by running multiple boot options (DOS & Windows under
Linux) and it is just not elegant + makes it harder when using many
different applications.

We believe that we can apply these "tools" to generate drawings
for buildings far quicker than the typical user. I hate to generalise
so please accept my apologies if anyone is offended by this statement.


To answer your question: I am using a MS mouse and ACAD 2004. But, I
would not like to find solution that is specific to a kind of mouse or
version of CAD as we would like to provide these tools for all users,
regardless of version or hardware.

Once again thanks for your response


well, have you tried remapping the left mouse button function using the mouse software? I don't use a MS mouse but my Logitech MX1000 has multiple buttons that can have their function changed to whatever you would like. And, if your mouse does have multiple buttons, IMO it would be better to map a double button click to LINE, like say Ctrl-Left button
Dave
DDP
ps: oops, just checked my config options in my mouse software and it seems that only 8 of the 10 buttons can be changed. The two that can't are the left and right mouse buttons. So, with my mouse anyway you'd have to do what you want with another button or combination of buttons.
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