Additional mouse button issue

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2. April 2012, 19:14:03

rudus0

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Additional mouse button issue

When having mouse with more than 3 buttons (having 2 additional buttons under thumb) there is NO way to change those.
They are always set to forward and back...
It is a problem when you set those buttons in other apps (like VoIP) and using them causes Opera to do stuff you don't like.

Anyone knows how to set those buttons to "nothing" ?

2. April 2012, 19:35:34

mimi_s_mum

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Are you able to specify per application button behaviours in the mouse driver?
Desktop OS: Windows 8 x64 + 7 x64 sp1 x2 + XP sp3; Mobile OS: Android 4.0.4; Other specs (outdated, sorry)
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2. April 2012, 19:43:07

rudus0

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No - my mouse driver can set those buttons to several different things but only "general" works when my VoiP is in background

2. April 2012, 20:29:52

mimi_s_mum

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Originally posted by rudus0:

only "general" works when my VoiP is in background

I'm wondering, if you configure the button functions separately for Opera, but still specify the default buttons, it might prevent from the general settings for your VoiP.
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2. April 2012, 21:40:36

rudus0

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The problem is... Opera is always set up on those buttons :/ i cannot change that anywhere :/

2. April 2012, 21:53:15

mimi_s_mum

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Originally posted by mimi_s_mum:

if you configure the button functions separately for Opera

Originally posted by rudus0:

Opera is always set up on those buttons :/ i cannot change that anywhere :/

I meant configure those buttons for Opera from your mouse driver.

I used to have a Microsoft 5-button mouse and I was able to configure button-4 & -5 in Opera to copy & paste respectively. So it is not that Opera prevents you from using alternative set-up via the mouse driver.

Certain mouse drivers may not be able to configure per application settings (ie I can't find it in my touchpad driver), and yours might be one of them. If that's the case, I can't help you, I'm afraid.

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3. April 2012, 03:47:01

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sgunhouse

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If your mouse driver can map those buttons to a keypress (say, Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right which are standard Forward and Back shortcuts in web browsers) you could change the action for the keypresses. But no, since 10.50 Opera for Windows doesn't itself support customizing the action of extra mouse buttons.

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