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    Middle Click Button possible back button?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by bryank89, Jul 7, 2007.

  1. bryank89

    bryank89 Notebook Guru

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    Is it possible to assign the middle mouse button to go back in Explorer or Firefox and so on?

    I can only find the scroll and zoom option, neither of which I find very effective/necessary.

    Thanks,
    Bryan
     
    bryank89, Jul 7, 2007
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  2. Playmaker

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    Why do you even need it? There's a back button about the right arrow button already. And to answer your question, it isn't possible.
     
    Playmaker, Jul 7, 2007
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    bryank89 Notebook Guru

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    good call
    :eek:
     
    bryank89, Jul 7, 2007
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    i had wondered somethign similar, if the buttons could be assigned different shortcuts, otherwise they are useless to me
     
    s4iscool, Jul 7, 2007
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    when i first got my thinkpad i wondered the same, but now that i'm using the trackpoint more often, I need the keys to work as is. the forward and back keys on top of the left and right arrows are great though!
     
    panteedropper, Jul 7, 2007
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    ah i just noticed those fwd and back buttons :) can those be programmed as well?
     
    s4iscool, Jul 7, 2007
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    you can program those keys if you download the lenovo keyboard customizer tool directly from system update
     
    panteedropper, Jul 7, 2007
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    I love those forward/back keys. I had them on my Microsoft Explorer mouse for the desktop and am so glad I don't have to live without them on my T61.
     
    Playmaker, Jul 7, 2007
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    Same here! i had the original intellimouse explorer and "upgraded" to the intellimouse explorer 3.0. Best mouse I ever owned and I've been hooked on back and forward buttons ever since(got it right before my freshman yr of college...2k1)
     
    panteedropper, Jul 7, 2007
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