Can you program the side buttons to specific keystrokes?
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Yes, there are 4 programmable thumb buttons. On a Mac, the main button defaults to "show all programs".
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You can do all the shortcut keys with cmd key + x (cut), c(copy) etc. Also this keyboard has the cut, copy, paste, undo keys on the left side which I used all the time which saves a lot of keystrokes. This has been a great keyboard and my wrist pain has gone away totally since switching to this one.
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Yes. All of the buttons are programmable and can also be set to customize automatically based on the active program being used. Download the Mouse and Keyboard Center software here to make changes: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/downloads/mouse-keyboard-center
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Yes, you can program it so it send a keystroke. The only issue is, with Win 7 and above you have to physically open the app which loads the device, there is no auto start unless you are on Win XP or Vista.
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I'm sure there is a way, in the software that comes with the mouse you can macro any button to do anything. I haven't really messed with it yet though
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All buttons other than the Left Click may be programmed as any key or combination of Keys (Macros)
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You can set macros, however that's a very unreliable way of doing it since anyone could press the button. The side keys are meant to be used as a number pad or action buttons in video games such as what this mouse is designed for.
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The side buttons do not work out of the box. However, in the Systems Preferences>Accessibility>Switch Control side bar>Switches tab, there are 4 built in system commands: Restart from top, Select item, Move to next item, Stop scanning, as well as executing Apple scripts when a side button is pressed. If you want more commands or don't know how to program in Apple script, I recommend downloading BetterTouchTool (Free). You can bind the side button to any keyboard shortcut. In my case, I bind them to command-[ and command-], which is the command for back a page, forward a page respectively for almost all apps (Chrome, Safari, Finder etc.) The side buttons do not work out of the box. However, in the Systems Preferences>Accessibility>Switch Control side bar>Switches tab, there are 4 built in system commands: Restart from top, Select item, Move to next item, Stop scanning, as well as executing Apple scripts when a side button is pressed. If you want more commands or don't know how to program in Apple script, I recommend downloading BetterTouchTool (Free). You can bind the side button to any keyboard shortcut. In my case, I bind them to command-[ and command-], which is the command for back a page, forward a page... » Read More The side buttons do not work out of the box. However, in the Systems Preferences>Accessibility>Switch Control side bar>Switches tab, there are 4 built in system commands: Restart from top, Select item, Move to next item, Stop scanning, as well as executing Apple scripts when a side button is pressed. If you want more commands or don't know how to program in Apple script, I recommend downloading BetterTouchTool (Free). You can bind the side button to any keyboard shortcut. In my case, I bind them to command-[ and command-], which is the command for back a page, forward a page respectively for almost all apps (Chrome, Safari, Finder etc.) « Show Less
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You can't they just act as forward and backward buttons in a browser. As this has no real drivers other than a generic windows driver there is little customization.
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Yes. Any program or application which runs in Windows will be able to take input from the keypad.
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Yes. Use the Fn key in combo with the arrow keys. <Fn + Left> = Home<Fn + Right> = End<Fn + Up> = Page Up<Fn + Down> = Page Down...good question. I more-or-less stumbled across that lol (actually, I think it's pretty standard for smaller laptops with keyboards sans those keys, but I'd long ago forgotten).
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You can program the buttons based on what game you play in game settings. Although, some games don't have a setup for the buttons.
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Dee, I just checked and yes you can assign the button any keyboard command, as well as middle click or right click. You just have to download Wacom's tablet drivers off their site.
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The Powermate will let you program pretty much any key-press into its functions. You could certainly set it up such that either the "click" or the "click-and-hold" function presses the space bar.
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Yep! You can program the G keys do do virtually anything you want, including relatively long snippets of text. I believe there's an upper limit but I don't know what it is.
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Hm. I'm starting to wonder if you play DayZ.Anyway, yes. Any of the buttons on the mouse can be remapped to any function (such as a keystroke or macro) that you wish via the included configuration software. I'm kind of surprised I haven't done that yet, myself.
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Yes, in games like Skyrim and oblivion I have the side buttons mapped to different functions. I haven't figured out if you can program the buttons outside of game play. By default they are mapped to go back and forward on web pages.