topic Re: Mouse Buttons in AutoCAD Forum

Mouse Buttons

maldaz8LAMR — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:00:29 GMT

How do I use Click Buttons or Shift+Click or any of these commands? They do not work for me.

I have a Logitech M570.

I see a bunch of buttons I would like to use (see below) but have no idea how to access them.

Re: Mouse Buttons

Valentin_CAD — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:17:53 GMT

@maldaz8LAMR ,

Check these links:

Re: Mouse Buttons

pendean — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:12:39 GMT

That's legacy content not made for today, and you don't control a modern mouse inside AutoCAD anymore like that: your Logitech M570's mouse driver options for those buttons are where you can set them to do what that driver allows, nothing else.

Hint: they are not going to match.

Re: Mouse Buttons

maldaz8LAMR — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:40:05 GMT

@pendean What is a recommended mouse for AutoCAD?

Re: Mouse Buttons

pendean — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 20:33:17 GMT

There is no mouse out there that can be controlled from inside AutoCAD, that era is gone now.

What you need to do is explore what settings your mouse driver allow for any extra buttons (beyond right-click, roller, and left-click), then go into CUI command to customize those mouse-driver options to do something else you want to do. It is a learning curve, you can do it.

With your Logitech M570, that just means the two buttons at the top that sit side-by-side over the roller ball. There are others with more buttons than just two, explore those, many are gaming devices.

Re: Mouse Buttons

maldaz8LAMR — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:03:13 GMT

Are you saying that Button 4 and Button 5 can be switched to become my top two buttons on the M570 @pendean?

Thank you for the help and patience!

Re: Mouse Buttons

ВeekeeCZ — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:57:19 GMT

@maldaz8LAMR wrote:

NO, he is saying that this menu has NOTHING to do with setting your Logitec mouse buttons!!!

You need to do that in Logitech Setpoint software.

Re: Mouse Buttons

maldaz8LAMR — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:59:10 GMT

Then why is that menu still in CAD? It creates nothing but confusion if it is there for nothing.

Ok, so I need to assign Keystroke Assignments to a hotkey or create a custom hotkey, which I know how to do.

Thank you @pendean @ВeekeeCZ @Valentin_CAD for your help.

Re: Mouse Buttons

cwr-pae — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 22:17:41 GMT

The options are there in case someone still has and uses a 20+ year old 'tablet' and 'digitizer' setup that original CAD programs required. Or an old style drafting puck (mouse) that is driven and controlled by the program. Some of which had as many 10 or buttons.