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Their best feature - and the one thing that I have most missed for years after moving to Linux - is automatically changing the active mouse profile based on the

Their best feature - and the one thing that I have most missed for years after moving to Linux - is automatically changing the active mouse profile based on the focused application. It's so powerful. Any custom buttons for any program, without ever having to think about it. On Linux, without it, I'm stuck manually cycling through the 3 on-board profiles.

brokenmachine 2y ago
I use Autohotkey in Windows to achieve that, because I got sick of Logitech fairly regularly misdetecting the current application (when it does that, you have to focus a different app and then try again). I just get the mouse to always use the same onboard profile and send the higher F-keys that aren't on the keyboard (F13-F24), and ahk detects those and does whatever crazy stuff I can think up. I even have long-press/short-press for some buttons set up. Works great. There must be a way to do something similar in Linux.
- ajolly 2y ago
  Do you have a specific script you like?
  - brokenmachine 2y ago
    Here's a skeleton of what I use: #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0 #SingleInstance force MsgBox(A_ScriptName " started",, "T0.5") SendLevel 1 ; allows triggering of hotkeys and hotstrings of another script, which normally would not be the case LongPress := 0.2 ; 200ms F18::{ ; first pointer button Switch WinGetProcessName("A") { Case "firefox.exe" : Send "+{F3}" ; Shift-F3 - Find previous Case "vlc.exe" : Send "PgUp" Default: NoFunctionDefined(A_ThisHotkey) } return } F20::{ ; third pointer button activeapp := WinGetProcessName("A") Switch activeapp { Case "vlc.exe" : Send "s" Default: } if (activeapp = "firefox.exe") { waitvar := (KeyWait(A_ThisHotkey, "T" LongPress)) ; waits LongPress seconds maximally for F20 to be released if waitvar { ; Short press action Send "{F24}" } else { ; Long press action Send "{F5}" ; F5 - reload tab } KeyWait A_ThisHotkey ; waits for F20 to be released (avoids key repeat from retriggering) } else { Send "{F24}" } return } NoFunctionDefined(hotkey) { Tooltip("No function defined for " . hotkey "`nActive app is " WinGetProcessName("A")) SetTimer () => ToolTip(), -2000 return } ; --- Shift-Media_Play_Pause will Reload this script --- ~+Media_Play_Pause::{ MsgBox(A_ScriptName " Reloading...",, "T0.5") Reload Sleep 1000 ; If successful, the reload will close this instance during the Sleep, so the line below will never be reached. if MsgBox("The script could not be reloaded. Would you like to open it for editing?","Reload", "YesNo") = "Yes" Edit return }

brokenmachine 2y ago

I use Autohotkey in Windows to achieve that, because I got sick of Logitech fairly regularly misdetecting the current application (when it does that, you have to focus a different app and then try again). I just get the mouse to always use the same onboard profile and send the higher F-keys that aren't on the keyboard (F13-F24), and ahk detects those and does whatever crazy stuff I can think up. I even have long-press/short-press for some buttons set up. Works great. There must be a way to do something similar in Linux.

ajolly 2y ago
Do you have a specific script you like?
- brokenmachine 2y ago
  Here's a skeleton of what I use: #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0 #SingleInstance force MsgBox(A_ScriptName " started",, "T0.5") SendLevel 1 ; allows triggering of hotkeys and hotstrings of another script, which normally would not be the case LongPress := 0.2 ; 200ms F18::{ ; first pointer button Switch WinGetProcessName("A") { Case "firefox.exe" : Send "+{F3}" ; Shift-F3 - Find previous Case "vlc.exe" : Send "PgUp" Default: NoFunctionDefined(A_ThisHotkey) } return } F20::{ ; third pointer button activeapp := WinGetProcessName("A") Switch activeapp { Case "vlc.exe" : Send "s" Default: } if (activeapp = "firefox.exe") { waitvar := (KeyWait(A_ThisHotkey, "T" LongPress)) ; waits LongPress seconds maximally for F20 to be released if waitvar { ; Short press action Send "{F24}" } else { ; Long press action Send "{F5}" ; F5 - reload tab } KeyWait A_ThisHotkey ; waits for F20 to be released (avoids key repeat from retriggering) } else { Send "{F24}" } return } NoFunctionDefined(hotkey) { Tooltip("No function defined for " . hotkey "`nActive app is " WinGetProcessName("A")) SetTimer () => ToolTip(), -2000 return } ; --- Shift-Media_Play_Pause will Reload this script --- ~+Media_Play_Pause::{ MsgBox(A_ScriptName " Reloading...",, "T0.5") Reload Sleep 1000 ; If successful, the reload will close this instance during the Sleep, so the line below will never be reached. if MsgBox("The script could not be reloaded. Would you like to open it for editing?","Reload", "YesNo") = "Yes" Edit return }