Request: Mouse back button move focus back to last task

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Cameron Matthews

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May 16, 2020, 1:05:35 PM5/16/20
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Hi,

I've searched this forum and the settings but can't find a way to make the mouse back button work.  
I'd like for the back button to do the same thing that Alt+Left Arrow does: it goes back to the last task that had focus.

Any ideas or would this be a new functionality request?

Thanks!
Cameron

Stéph

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May 19, 2020, 3:12:06 AM5/19/20
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My mouse doesn't have a "back" button. Is your mouse prgrammable? If you go into your mouse settings app, can you assign a key combination to this button?

Cameron Matthews

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May 19, 2020, 8:11:43 PM5/19/20
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Hi Steph,

I'm using a stock Microsoft mouse.  The back button is on the lefthand side of the mouse.  It is normally mapped to some sort of "back" notion in the app.  For a browser, it takes you back one page.  Etc.
Having said that, I'll definitely check into mapping a key combination with a mouse event.

Thanks!

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Andrei Bacean

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May 20, 2020, 9:00:24 AM5/20/20
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hi

It's possible to do with autohotkey. 

1) Download and install autohotkey. You can take it from here:

2) run the attached file 
(it's a script which sends Alt+Left Arrow to MLO when you press the Mouse Back button).

That's it.

Best wishes
Andrew



среда, 20 мая 2020 г., 3:11:43 UTC+3 пользователь Cameron Matthews написал:
Hi Steph,

I'm using a stock Microsoft mouse.  The back button is on the lefthand side of the mouse.  It is normally mapped to some sort of "back" notion in the app.  For a browser, it takes you back one page.  Etc.
Having said that, I'll definitely check into mapping a key combination with a mouse event.

Thanks!

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:12 AM Stéph <stephane...@gmail.com> wrote:
My mouse doesn't have a "back" button. Is your mouse prgrammable? If you go into your mouse settings app, can you assign a key combination to this button?

On Saturday, 16 May 2020 18:05:35 UTC+1, Cameron Matthews wrote:
Hi,

I've searched this forum and the settings but can't find a way to make the mouse back button work.  
I'd like for the back button to do the same thing that Alt+Left Arrow does: it goes back to the last task that had focus.

Any ideas or would this be a new functionality request?

Thanks!
Cameron

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Cameron Matthews

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May 20, 2020, 12:06:44 PM5/20/20
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Perfect.  Thanks, both of you!

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 6:00 AM Andrei Bacean <bacean...@gmail.com> wrote:
hi

It's possible to do with autohotkey. 

1) Download and install autohotkey. You can take it from here:

2) run the attached file.
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