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    Dell XPS 15 9550 Middle Click

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by sailerboy, Jan 2, 2016.

  1. sailerboy

    sailerboy Notebook Guru

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    Is there a way to do a middle click? I use that extensively when navigating code through IDEs or web browsing, and my old synaptics touchpad on my lenovo seemed to work fine, but there's no option to do that with my XPS 15.
     
    sailerboy, Jan 2, 2016
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    didsip Notebook Consultant

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    Use this as an autohotkey script for three finger middle click:

     
    didsip, Jan 3, 2016
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    sailerboy Notebook Guru

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    Thanks a million!
     
    sailerboy, Jan 3, 2016
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    AWBbox Newbie

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    Sorry for the possibly dumb question but where do I configure this script? The only options I see in mouse settings are "Search with Cortana" and "Action Centre", there doesn't seem to be a way to run a custom task. Thanks.
     
    AWBbox, Jan 6, 2016
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    g.achrainer Notebook Geek

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    "Autohotkey" is the name of an open source program that allows to create scripts that can be executed under certain conditions. Just google it...
     
    g.achrainer, Jan 6, 2016
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    arshcaria Notebook Enthusiast

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    This works perfectly!
    Thank you so much!
     
    arshcaria, Mar 11, 2016
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    AWBbox Newbie

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    Just wanted to say thanks to didsip for this, I have been using this solution for three months now and it works flawlessly. +rep for you sir! :)
     
    AWBbox, Mar 15, 2016
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    didsip Notebook Consultant

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    I'm not the one who wrote the script, but thanks. :)
     
    didsip, Mar 16, 2016
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    elyl Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry to bump an old thread, but is anyone having problems with this script sending a middle mouse click PLUS an left mouse click?
    I've downloaded a keyscanner, and when I 3-finger click on the touchpad, I am seeing a LWin+Shift+Ctrl+F22 as well as an individual LWin and an individual LClick sent simultaneously.

    What I see as a result, when I try to middle-click a link in Chrome to open it in a new tab, it opens a new tab, but also loads the link in the current tab too.

    Is anyone else having this issue?
     
    elyl, Jun 16, 2016
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