This problem can't be solved (Middle Mouse Button Click and Hold Emulator)

[RedViking]

So I sometimes quickly need to jump into a 3D model and then I use my laptop trackpad. It works pretty well in my CAD software. There is just one option missing which I tried to google or perhaps is impossible.

Middle Mouse Button Click and Hold (To Pan)

I can 3 finger tap. But that just acts as a middle mouse click. I can see in the software it switches to the Pan function for a second. So if there was some sort of way to emulate a middle mouse click and hold with a trackpad or a shortcut, please let me know.

Laptops like the Thinkpad has a dedicated button for this. Not this awesome Dell Precision of mine.

Thank you bespoke windows code junky ninjas.

3 Tap Gesture, can't tap and hold:


Wanted behaviour (Mouse connected and middle mouse button):

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

forgive my ignorance, cant you just get like a gaming mouse with a remappable button for this?

 

[RedViking]

forgive my ignorance, cant you just get like a gaming mouse with a remappable button for this?

I have a mouse. No issues with that. I want to use the trackpad on the laptop.

 

[Lupus]

So I sometimes quickly need to jump into a 3D model and then I use my laptop trackpad. It works pretty well in my CAD software. There is just one option missing which I tried to google or perhaps is impossible.

Middle Mouse Button Click and Hold (To Pan)

I can 3 finger tap. But that just acts as a middle mouse click. I can see in the software it switches to the Pan function for a second. So if there was some sort of way to emulate a middle mouse click and hold with a trackpad or a shortcut, please let me know.

Laptops like the Thinkpad has a dedicated button for this. Not this awesome Dell Precision of mine.

Thank you bespoke windows code junky ninjas.

3 Tap Gesture, can't tap and hold:
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Wanted behaviour:
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Gonna put it out there, but have you possibly tried?

 

[RedViking]

/sigh

 

[ISP cash cow]

come on guys he wants to use the track pad on the laptop not a mouse

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

I have a mouse. No issues with that. I want to use the trackpad on the laptop.

no possibility of remapping it to a Key? not that familiar with CAD to know,

 

[Lupus]

come on guys he wants to use the track pad on the laptop not a mouse

Well, here's the thing. If the hardware don't support it, he ain't gonna get diddly.

 

[RedViking]

come on guys he wants to use the track pad on the laptop not a mouse

Mybroadband experts:

 

[RedViking]

no possibility of remapping it to a Key? not that familiar with CAD to know,

Nope. Not in the software anyways.

 

[RedViking]

Well, here's the thing. If the hardware don't support it, he ain't gonna get diddly.

 

[Lupus]

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Yes 100% it cannot, unless you use an external device you're starting to sound like a woman here. Putting up a thread and not expecting a bunch of IT nerds to not try solve it.

 

[RedViking]

Yes 100% it cannot, unless you use an external device you're starting to sound like a woman here. Putting up a thread and not expecting a bunch of IT nerds to not try solve it.

I can freaking emulate a Nintendo on my Android but the universe turns a blind eye towards middle mouse emulation.

/throws coffee mug at random person walking past

 

[Lupus]

I can freaking emulate a Nintendo on my Android but the universe turns a blind eye towards middle mouse emulation.

/throws coffee mug at random person walking past

There are limits man... The answers cannot all come at once.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

So I sometimes quickly need to jump into a 3D model and then I use my laptop trackpad. It works pretty well in my CAD software. There is just one option missing which I tried to google or perhaps is impossible.

Middle Mouse Button Click and Hold (To Pan)


3 Tap Gesture, can't tap and hold:


Wanted behaviour (Mouse connected and middle mouse button):

You said you googled so you tried this already I suppose ?

Just trying to help based on your description because sometimes we miss the obvious. Don't shoot me.

To enable a Middle Mouse Button (MMB) click-and-hold on a Dell touchpad, go to Settings > Touchpad (or Dell Touchpad settings) and configure a gesture, such as a three-finger tap, to perform the MMB function. This feature may vary depending on your specific Dell model and the presence of a physical pointing stick, which also has its own middle button with different functions like scrolling.

 

[RedViking]

There are limits man... The answers cannot all come at once.

There is this:

NeatMouse - Keyboard Mouse Emulator | Neat Decisions

The home page of NeatMouse - keyboard mouse emulator.

neatdecisions.com

But it just emulates a click, it does not emulate a click and hold.

 

[RedViking]

You said you googled so you tried this already I suppose ?

Just trying to help based on your description because sometimes we miss the obvious. Don't shoot me.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

There are limits man... The answers cannot all come at once.

I swear sometimes I just call any of my colleagues on teams after battling to fix defect, demo them what the problem is and while showing "defect", solution comes to me - makes one look pretty silly but it seems it is common. LOL.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

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shots fired. ouch..ouch..

 

[RedViking]