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Modding => OpenXcom Extended => OXCE Support => Topic started by: Nesphite on December 20, 2018, 08:05:37 pm

Title: [Answered] Rebinding the scroll wheel (middle mouse button)
Post by: Nesphite on December 20, 2018, 08:05:37 pm

Its been bothering me for a while. Is there a way to rebind "inspect" function , that is middle mouse button by default? If not, can such option be added?

Title: Re: Rebinding the scroll wheel (middle mouse button)
Post by: Meridian on December 21, 2018, 01:48:24 pm

There is no such option.

Same way as you cannot rebind the left click and right click for 99.98% of functions they do.

It can be added, but it would require non-trivial amount of work... unlike actions triggered by keyboard hotkeys, which are (mostly) separated into individual functions... actions triggered by mouse clicks/presses/scrolls/etc. and combinations of mouse clicks/presses and keyboard modifiers like ctrl/alt/shift are usually handled in one or few common functions.

Btw. what exactly is bothering you?

Title: Re: Rebinding the scroll wheel (middle mouse button)
Post by: Nesphite on December 21, 2018, 06:58:47 pm

Quote from: Meridian on December 21, 2018, 01:48:24 pm

Btw. what exactly is bothering you?

I don't feel that mouse wheel should be pressed down at all. Feel the same about pressing down control sticks on modern controllers (Xbox etc.) - the construction is too fragile and unreliable to be used in such a way on the regular basis. Felt that from the first time I've pressed down mouse wheel  and control stick  years ago (how long its a standard, 10+ years maybe?). And a year ago I've broken the wheel on my deathadder  2013, a reassuring case for my skepticism.
Also I know that people who use middle mouse button to drag map do find it troublesome, at times.
I can solve the problem be making extra mouse buttons (4-6) behave like mouse 3 so it's a minor inconvenience.