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[rodfell]

Simple Mouse Gesture and Rocker

Latest version is posted here.

Simple Mouse Gesture and Rocker calls subroutines based on either gestures made when the right(r), middle(m), 4th(x1) or fifth(x2) mouse button is held down; when a rocking action is made using these mouse buttons, or a combination of the two.
The script tracks up (u) down (d) left (l) right (r). There is a tolerance of +/- 35 degrees, so it is quite simple and accurate

Subroutines will be called if labelled with the following syntax:

"m-" is the prefix (m for macro)

the next letter is the mouse button that starts the gesture eg m-r: is a gesture that starts with a right click

If the first mouse button (say RButton) remains down and a different mouse button (say LButton) is pressed, the second button is added. eg m-rl:

If a gesture is made, say up then right (ur), the gesture is enclosed in parentheses eg m-r(ur):

gestures and rocking can be combined eg m-rl(u):

Modifier keys - alt(!), ctrl(^) and shift(+) can be used eg m-^r: or m-!-wheeldown:

for simplicity and accuracy, right click-gesture-left click is the same as right click-left click-gesture

With wheel movements, -wheelup or -wheeldown is appended - eg m-r(u)-wheelup:

If the wheel is used, no further gesturing or rocking is allowed (to avoid movement errors). wheel movements can be repeated while the mouse button is held down

Another thing that isn't allowed is gesturing solely with the LButton (so as not to interfere with mouse dragging). The LButton however is registered when other mouse buttons or the mouse wheel are pressed eg m-rl(u): ; m-l-wheelup:

Middle button clicking is difficult if combined with mouse wheel movements. If one is used the other is blocked.This protection can be turned off by making line 3 "wheelguard:=false"

When rocking, the last button clicked can be repeadedly clicked while the other buttons are kept down. also, A different button can be called
eg m-rl can be changed to m-rm or m-rx or if the right button is kept down

You can rock with more than 2 buttons at a time eg m-rlx

By not allowing diagonals, gestures can be drawn without abrupt angles. eg a circle drawn from the top and clockwise is registered as m-r(rdlu): (right down left up)
if a right mouse button gesture is down (d) and right (r), like an "L", a subroutine called m-r(dr): (for gesture with right mouse button, tracking down then right) will be called
the script also pays attention to the window under the gesture and notes if the gesture is made over the desktop

Thanks for any ideas gathered from other gesture programs, especially lexicos

[ManaUser]

Nice! It's simple and easy to use, but quite serviceable.

I made a slight change to your script though (hope you don't mind). Instead of using five variables, it just adds progressively adds letters to one. This way it can handle any number of strokes, and it actually simplifies the code a bit (no more loops). I added a new six-stroke gesture, M, as an example.

[rodfell]

yeah i like that. i haven't got around to working out the substr function yet (still a bit of a noob). However, I would draw an M as (from bottom left) up down up down. As long as all angles are less than 45 degrees (fairly hard to make any greater than 45), the gesture for M would be gudud. N would be gudu. C would be gldr etc.
On my 24/7 ahk file, gu is maximize, gd is minimize, gl is back gr is forward.

[rodfell]

added a few more examples and tweaks

[MarkyMark]

Thanks rodfell for the script. Was looking for something lean and easy. Your works well.

[Marky]

Is it possible to do a mouse gesture on a per application (ifwinactive) basis?

[ManaUser]

You could just do this:

[MarkyMark]

ManaUser

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[lilljimpa]

how do i add a weelup and weeldown to this gesture?

ex:

gweelup:
msgbox, you scroll up
exit
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[ManaUser]

[rodfell]

why do you need wheelup and wheel down? I tried for simplicity. If there's a good reason for it, i'll try to incorporate it.

[lilljimpa]

[rodfell]

i get it now. i can see when the wheelup and down would be useful eg volume up and down. I played around with other ways of doing what you wanted but no success. the trouble is getkeystate doesn't work with wheelup and wheeldown. i have incorporated your code into my 24/7 ahk file

[Icarus]

A very nice and smart script.

I noticed there is one problem when gesturing diagonals - the script continuously records "dldldldldl".

I would also suggest to include diagonal as a valid gesture - this will allow to have things not possible now - for example, an "R" shaped gesture is not logged correctly now, since the leg of the R is sometimes recorded as R and sometimes as D (and sometimes as both).

I may try to do the change, if I do, I will post here.

[ManaUser]

I think some of you are missing the point. ^_^ This was supposed to be simple, simple.

There are other more complex/advanced gestures scripts already.