Keyboard shortcuts are awesome. But sometimes, you just have one hand on the mouse:
What if you could do the most common keyboard shortcuts from just your mouse? (without moving it!)
- Grab a mouse with extra side buttons (see Buttons guide).
- Download MouseToys (make sure you have AutoHotkey v2 installed first).
- Run MouseToys.ahk (keep it in the folder) and try out these shortcuts!
| Press this | To do this |
|---|---|
| WheelUp | 🚀 Accelerated scroll up (scroll faster to scroll farther) |
| WheelDown | 🚀 Accelerated scroll down |
You can enable or disable Accelerated Scroll by right-clicking the AutoHotkey tray icon. This opens the tray menu where you can toggle the checkmark next to "Enable Accelerated Scroll".
| Press this | To do this |
|---|---|
| Xbutton1 | ⬅️ Go back one page |
| XButton1+WheelDown | ⬇️ Cycle through windows in recently used order (Alt+Tab) |
| XButton1+WheelUp | ⬆️ Cycle through windows in reverse used order |
| XButton1+MButton | 🚚 Restore window and move it using the mouse |
| XButton1+MButton+WheelDown | |
| XButton1+MButton+WheelUp | ↗ Maximize window |
| XButton1+MButton+RButton | ❎ Close window |
| XButton1+RButton+WheelUp | 🔊 Increase volume |
| XButton1+RButton+WheelDown | 🔈 Decrease volume |
| XButton1+RButton+LButton | ⏯️ Play/pause media |
| XButton1+LButton | ⏎ Send Enter key |
| XButton1+LButton+RButton | ⌦ Send Delete key |
| XButton1+LButton+MButton | 📸 Screenshot |
If a shortcut doesn't work on a particular window, you can edit the source code :D
| Press this | To do this |
|---|---|
| Xbutton2 | ➡️ Go forward one page |
| XButton2+WheelUp | ⬅️ Go to left tab (in a browser for example) |
| XButton2+WheelDown | ➡️ Go to right tab |
| XButton2+RButton+WheelDown | ⬇️ Cycle through tabs in recently used order |
| XButton2+RButton+WheelUp | ⬆️ Cycle through tabs in reverse used order |
| XButton2+RButton | ❎ Close tab |
| XButton2+RButton+LButton | ↪ Reopen last closed tab |
| XButton2+LButton | 🔄 Refresh page |
| XButton2+LButton+MButton | 📋 Duplicate page |
| XButton2+LButton+RButton | 🔍 Paste and search or Paste and go (if it's a URL) |
| XButton2+LButton+WheelUp | 🔍 Zoom in |
| XButton2+LButton+WheelDown | 🔍 Zoom out |
| XButton2+MButton | 🔗 Click a link to open it in a new active tab |
- ❶ is LButton
- ❷ is RButton
- Pushing directly down on ❸ is MButton
- Scrolling ❸ forward is WheelUp
- Scrolling ❸ backward is WheelDown
- ❹ is XButton1
- ❺ is XButton2
An example of a 3-button combination is XButton1+MButton+RButton. This means to press & hold XButton1, press & hold MButton, and press & release RButton.
- Some mice don't do 3-button combinations well
- Lag when moving window across monitors
- Accelerated Scroll lag / suddenly too fast on sites like Google Docs
MIT - You can use my code in your projects. Just credit me.
The MouseToys wiki can be found here.