fabian,
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If you have a (computer) mouse with more than 3 buttons (left, right, middle), what actions/shortcuts do you have assigned to the 4th, 5th, 6th etc.? Looking for inspiration.

bew, (edited )
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@fabian the main ones I use are:

  • Next page
  • Previous page
  • Ctrl
    (these buttons are on the side)

I also have Shift and Alt there, but I use them less often

fabian,
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@bew Ctrl is interesting – have to think about it.

Page Up/Down was pretty obvious, I’m trying that currently, not sure if I’ll get used to it.

One that’ll definitely stay is volume up/down. I have this use case a lot, when being off-keyboard on the couch.

bew,
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@fabian next/prev page is not page up/down, it's more Alt-Left/Right arrows to go back-n-forth in navigation history, but as a single key and it's supported in many programs

fabian,
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@bew ah, right. Yeah, that's probably more useful. Actually I think that was the default on my mouse for key 8/9, before I played around with it.

CodingItWrong,
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@fabian and if you have a NON-computer mouse with more than 3 buttons, a zoologist at the nearest university will probably want to hear from you!

fabian,
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@CodingItWrong ah, shoot! There I leaked my secret genetics experiments 🐭

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