topic Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse in Maya Dynamics Forum

Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 05:04:44 GMT

So I have just started using Maya (2017) today and I know some of the basics, how to navigate, zoom in/out and pan. But I'm unable to pan because my computer has a left mouse and a right mouse, but no middle mouse. I heard that you are able to get into Maya's settings and make it so that there can be a keyboard shortcut so you will be able to pan without having to use the middle mouse on your computer, but I do not know how to even get into settings, let alone get into the keyboard shortcuts window. If someone can help me that would be great, thank you.

- India

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

g2m.agent — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 06:53:55 GMT

as far as i know, three-button mouse is a must.

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:13:51 GMT

If you're using a Mac this might help, otherwise get a 3 button (scroll) mouse

http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-FE5518DA-2177-44C9-8BC9-F0676EFEEDF9

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:50:45 GMT

i am using Maya 2016 and using 2 button mouse, panning not available on the middle button which is the wheel. but i discovered by clicking both Ctrl + Alt at the same time using left button drag and draw a square to which area you wanna pan will do the trick.

Hope it will help, cheers

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:48:49 GMT

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 04:02:11 GMT

thanks u r a life saver!

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

cavescholar — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 08:05:03 GMT

So an easy way is through the viewport menu VIEW>CAMERA TOOLS>TRACK TOOL

Track Camera Tool

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:06:50 GMT

Magic Mouse Apple does not have middle button. I've got same problem.

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:46:00 GMT

Just press option+ commad + left click

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 22:44:32 GMT

The center button that's the wheel. However i found by way of clicking both Ctrl + Alt on the equal time the use of left button click here drag and draw a square to which vicinity you wanna pan will do the trick.

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:23:09 GMT

Thank you for this!!! It really helped me!

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

k.mcneilPMK5Q — Fri, 14 May 2021 10:47:59 GMT

If you are using a magic mouse, you can pan around using two fingers (not clicking, just gently rest them on the mouse and move them together like on a trackpad).

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Anonymous — Thu, 20 May 2021 13:29:50 GMT

a Logitech mouse in 3€ in amazon with middleclick btw

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

Chrizzed — Sun, 23 May 2021 16:57:45 GMT

I have a similar problem but with a wacom tablet whose pen only has one button. Took me a while but I finally found a workaround that, while not ideal, works perfectly for me. Should help mouseless peeps too (do get a mouse instead though if you can)
I pan by emulating the middle mouse by holding down e

- Download and install Autohotkey.
- Right click on an empty area of your desktop > New > AutoHotkey Script
- Give the script a name, then open the file on the Notepad or something similar to edit it. (Right click > Open with)
- Paste this in a new line (or as the only line):

~e & LButton::MButton

- Save the file, close it. Then double click the script to run it. An icon will appear on your taskbar.
- Now as long as the script is running, in maya, you can hold down alt, like usual, then e and then click to pan.
I picked e because it felt the most natural and doesnt conflict with anything else, but ofc you can edit the little script and change it
Keep in mind this will break any existing e + click shortcut that a software might have, but I've never seen such a shortcut used anywhere anyway.
Hope it helps someone 🙂

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

dariush — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 05:30:52 GMT

Yeah you need a middle button, but in a pinch if you need to pan in a viewpanel:

Go to the pane's menu bar and choose View > Camera Tools
Select Track Tool
Now, your regular trackpad click (left mouse) will pan you around

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

tanishj678 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:12:05 GMT

This really worked!!! Thanks a lot bruh/sis

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

dariush — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:31:01 GMT

That's great! Do me a favor and mark my post as the solution, and it'll make it easier for others to find as well in the future. Thanks!

Re: Cannot Pan in Maya, no Middle Mouse

MrKeviscool — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 00:34:39 GMT

Well that sucks. Why cant i bind my rightclick to pan? Maya seems so counter intuitive.