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[dr_dov]

Hello, after trying to target some specific actions using multiple hotkeys (see below), I have come to the realization that what I really need are 3 hotkeys, one for each mouse button:

F1 would serve as LClick toggle
F2 would serve as MClick toggle
F3 would serve as RClick toggle

I need them to:

(1)-Press and Release once to hold said mouse button down (F1 does LClick Down for example)

(2)-The click gets released in one of two ways: you press and release the button again (F1) OR click and release the actual mouse button itself (LButton)

(3)-***THE TRICKY PART*** any modifier keys which are depressed when this hotkey is pressed would also be depressed until (2, above) happens: so Ctrl+Alt+F2 (and release all of them) would hold down Ctrl and Alt and MClick, until F2 or MButton is pressed and released.

Hitting Ctrl or Alt before F2 or MButton is pressed the second time should NOT release the modifiers, and maybe to be clear should warn the user in a toolTip (you pressed Ctrl but you are in the middle of a click action... press F2 or MButton to release the click)



Currently I am using some pretty newbie keys (like 9 of them to produce lone mouse clicks and common modifer mouse clicks I use), a la:

[MacroGeek]

I'm not sure what you are suggesting is a good solution for dealing with RSI, although RSI encompasses so broad a range of conditions that it's hard to know without more information. Based on what you are trying to achieve, I assume that you are having problems clicking mouse buttons. And if I am right, my questions are:

How is your workstation configured? (Be specific.)
Do you find it painful or difficult to type?
Are you a touch typist?
Where is the pain?

There are many directions this can go, depending on your answers. For example, if typing is not a problem, you are a touch typist, and you experience pain in your neck and shoulders...

I would begin by addressing the set up of your workstation, and your work habits. If I were going to use macros, I would choose activations that you can press without looking at the keyboard. (Most people need to glance at the keyboard to hit function keys.)

[dr_dov]

I work in a software package (Maya) that requires constant drag and drop actions with all mouse buttons, and often requires modifiers to be held down during the drags/drops.

I have a good workstation and ergo support, take breaks, stretch etc. -- hotkeys are definitely the solution I am after.

It is the holding down of mouse buttons and modifiers for long periods that I need to get out of my workflow, which unfortunately is required in the tools I use.


What I have above is really close, just looking to do it in less keys.

[[VxE]]

This is as far as I got. As commented, I couldn't get the modifier hotkeys to block the key releases from the system, so the code doesn't work for the modifiers, though it works for the mouse buttons.

[nick]

[dr_dov]

This is great thank you for putting time into it

I am having trouble though, which is if I do a Shift+LMB click normally (without the script) -- it makes a selection and keeps it when I release the Shift and Click.

With the script, it makes the selection just fine, but when I click the F1 key the second time it somehow releases (ditches the selection)

I wonder if there is an extra key down or key up action which does not allow the selection to be maintained