🖱️ MouseToys
Keyboard shortcuts are awesome. But sometimes, you just have one hand on the mouse:
What if you could do the most common keyboard shortcuts from just your mouse?
💻 How to use
- Grab a mouse with extra side buttons (see Buttons guide).
- Download AutoHotkey v2.0 (here are the docs).
- Download and extract the ZIP of this repo.
- Run
MouseToys.ahkand try out these shortcuts!
🚀 Accelerated scroll (Scroll wheel)
| Press this | To do this |
|---|---|
| WheelUp | 🚀 Accelerated scroll up (Scroll faster to scroll farther) |
| WheelDown | 🚀 Accelerated scroll down |
🪟 Window and general shortcuts (XButton1)
| Press this | To do this |
|---|---|
| XButton1+WheelDown | ⬇️ Cycle through windows in recently used order (Alt+Tab) |
| XButton1+WheelUp | ⬆️ Cycle through windows in reverse used order |
| XButton1+MButton | 🚚 Restore window and move it using the mouse |
| XButton1+MButton+WheelDown | ↙️ Minimize window |
| XButton1+MButton+WheelUp | ↗ Maximize window |
| XButton1+MButton+RButton | ❎ Close window |
| XButton1+MButton+LButton | 📸 Screenshot |
| XButton1+LButton | ⌦ Send Delete key |
| XButton1+LButton+RButton | ⏎ Send Enter key |
| XButton1+RButton | 📋 Copy to clipboard |
| XButton1+RButton+LButton | 📋 Paste from clipboard |
| XButton1+RButton+WheelDown | ↩️ Undo |
| XButton1+RButton+WheelUp | ↪ Redo |
🌐 Tab and page shortcuts (XButton2)
| Press this | To do this |
|---|---|
| XButton2+WheelUp | ⬅️ Go to left tab |
| XButton2+WheelDown | ➡️ Go to right tab |
| XButton2+RButton+WheelDown | ⬇️ Cycle through tabs in recently used order |
| XButton2+RButton+WheelUp | ⬆️ Cycle through tabs in reverse used order |
| XButton2+RButton | ❎ Close tab |
| XButton2+RButton+LButton | ↪ Reopen last closed tab |
| XButton2+LButton | ⬅️ Go back one page |
| XButton2+LButton+RButton | ➡️ Go forward one page |
| XButton2+LButton+MButton | 🔄 Refresh page |
| XButton2+LButton+WheelUp | 🔍 Zoom in |
| XButton2+LButton+WheelDown | 🔍 Zoom out |
| XButton2+MButton | 🔗 Ctrl+Shift+Click Use to open a link in a new active tab or select multiple tabs |
🖱️ Buttons guide
- ❶ is LButton
- ❷ is RButton
- Pushing directly down on ❸ is MButton
- Scrolling ❸ forward is WheelUp
- Scrolling ❸ backward is WheelDown
- ❹ is XButton1
- ❺ is XButton2
An example of a 3-button combination is XButton1+MButton+RButton. This means to press & hold XButton1, press & hold MButton, and press & release RButton.
🚩 Known issues
- Some mice don't do 3-button combinations well
- Shortcuts can be triggered twice if you click a certain way [1 solution]
- Lag when moving window across monitors