A mouse with press-and-hold side-buttons?

[Myrmidon]

A lot of gaming mice come with side-buttons and scroll wheel tilt-buttons but none of them seem to be able to perform press-and-hold functions ingame. What I mean by press and hold is for example if I have to hold down a key to open an inventory wheel or lean around a corner a side button never seems to work as they only operate single click functions and holding them in still counts as a simple click and release. I've searched the internet for years and contacted dozens of retailers but have never found any with click and hold side buttons and it strikes me as very surprising.

Does anyone own one that does what I want? Literally cost is not an issue. I know a lot of people get around this with macros but the results seem unreliable.

[Phantom]

Binding certain mouse-functions in-game can be done.

The press & hold action is not supported by any games that i know of.

[Tesityr]

If I may pop in to help, the mouse I am currently using allows such a function. It is the Logitech G600 (one that I got as a gift for Xmas heh). I will throw together a little 'tutorial image' to assist in finding the Setting that you can Configure to make it act thusly (for you and others).


Edit:
Sorry about that, I just tested it in a couple of games and the side button stil acted as a stroke/toggle. The REPEAT is apparently a fixed 'repeat this action' and not a true "hold", which repeats for as long as the Repeat Option is set.
My apologies.
It appears that this may not be able to be done without third-party software (which of course many games do not like/allow). Windows Accessibility options may hold the key as well [pun not originally intended].
If I find out something that actually acts as a "hold", I will return.

[Myrmidon]

Originally posted by Tesityr:

If I may pop in to help, the mouse I am currently using allows such a function. It is the Logitech G600 (one that I got as a gift for Xmas heh). I will throw together a little 'tutorial image' to assist in finding the Setting that you can Configure to make it act thusly (for you and others).


Edit:
Sorry about that, I just tested it in a couple of games and the side button stil acted as a stroke/toggle. The REPEAT is apparently a fixed 'repeat this action' and not a true "hold", which repeats for as long as the Repeat Option is set.
My apologies.
It appears that this may not be able to be done without third-party software (which of course many games do not like/allow). Windows Accessibility options may hold the key as well [pun not originally intended].
If I find out something that actually acts as a "hold", I will return.

I appreciate your time either way. If nothing else it ticks your mouse off as another potential dud that won't do what I need. I've tried macros and its what everyone suggests but they don't seem to understand that the repeat option isn't click and hold and doesn't work! I don't know how many different ways I can explain that to retailers but they just don't understand. It's like trying to convince them a triangle and a circle aren't the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shape!

[Tesityr]

Originally posted by Myrmidon:

Originally posted by Tesityr:

If I may pop in to help, the mouse I am currently using allows such a function. It is the Logitech G600 (one that I got as a gift for Xmas heh). I will throw together a little 'tutorial image' to assist in finding the Setting that you can Configure to make it act thusly (for you and others).


Edit:
Sorry about that, I just tested it in a couple of games and the side button stil acted as a stroke/toggle. The REPEAT is apparently a fixed 'repeat this action' and not a true "hold", which repeats for as long as the Repeat Option is set.
My apologies.
It appears that this may not be able to be done without third-party software (which of course many games do not like/allow). Windows Accessibility options may hold the key as well [pun not originally intended].
If I find out something that actually acts as a "hold", I will return.

I appreciate your time either way. If nothing else it ticks your mouse off as another potential dud that won't do what I need. I've tried macros and its what everyone suggests but they don't seem to understand that the repeat option isn't click and hold and doesn't work! I don't know how many different ways I can explain that to retailers but they just don't understand. It's like trying to convince them a triangle and a circle aren't the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shape!

Haha I'm sorry that I didn't have the answer right away for you, friend. I did in fact find out how to emulate the function you are looking for - only it was with the mouse 'wheel' itself.

I created another little 'image tutorial' to help find the function and how to configure it:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1359946543
You literally just 'lean' the mouse wheel itself Left and Right (which might be easy to get used to, as it is intuitive to 'leaning around a corner').

I'm sorry that this doesn't exactly answer your query for the Side Buttons, but hopefully this will help you (and others) in using the mouse for these actions, if anyone desires.

HTH
~T

[Myrmidon]

Originally posted by Tesityr:

Originally posted by Myrmidon:

I appreciate your time either way. If nothing else it ticks your mouse off as another potential dud that won't do what I need. I've tried macros and its what everyone suggests but they don't seem to understand that the repeat option isn't click and hold and doesn't work! I don't know how many different ways I can explain that to retailers but they just don't understand. It's like trying to convince them a triangle and a circle aren't the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shape!

Haha I'm sorry that I didn't have the answer right away for you, friend. I did in fact find out how to emulate the function you are looking for - only it was with the mouse 'wheel' itself.

I created another little 'image tutorial' to help find the function and how to configure it:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1359946543
You literally just 'lean' the mouse wheel itself Left and Right (which might be easy to get used to, as it is intuitive to 'leaning around a corner').

I'm sorry that this doesn't exactly answer your query for the Side Buttons, but hopefully this will help you (and others) in using the mouse for these actions, if anyone desires.

HTH
~T

That is actually a very big help thank you. I don't have a mouse with a scroll wheel that tilts although I really would like one as I've always thought it was an excellent idea as there gets to a point where some mice have too many awkwardly placed side buttons that can't be used practically. Part of whats stopped me getting one was that I just assumed that like side-buttons the scroll-tilt buttons would only be able to perform single click functions.