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I am getting over an upper back injury and I am finding that drag+drop is irritating some of my upper back muscles. Moving the mouse cursor isn't a problem, but keeping the button held down while moving it is. (In reality I use a trackpad, but it's the same issue.)
Is there any way (via some kind of plugin software, if necessary) on Windows 7 that I could use an alternative to drag+drop that looks the same to software? In other words, I could do something like SHIFT+click and it would make the OS think that the mouse is still being held down, until I click somewhere else?
- SHIFT+click enters "drag mode", emits a MOUSEDOWN event
- moving the mouse in "drag mode" makes OS think mouse button is still held down
- clicking in "drag mode" emits a MOUSEUP event and exits "drag mode"
14Actually, it's not the same issue; trackpads are nasty, finger-twisting devices - get a mouse, the whole process is more fluid. Otherwise, most trackpad software has some kind of 'tap-style' that will be recognised as 'hold', have look through your pad's control panel – Tetsujin – 2016-08-21T21:15:12.570
1try using your keyboard instead – njzk2 – 2016-08-22T03:27:34.527
1@Tetsujin High-end trackpads with good drivers can be very nice to use. Just most trackpads are awful. – Alexander O'Mara – 2016-08-22T04:52:28.000
5I've used trackpads and mice extensively; mice cause me pain and I don't use them when I can avoid, whereas my trackpad on my notebook is something I can use for longer periods of time. So no, I'm not going to get a mouse. – Jason S – 2016-08-22T15:48:54.047
1If you tap-release-mousemove on the touch-sensitive part of a touchpad, often it will switch from normal move to click+move mode, to change back upon finger release. – wizzwizz4 – 2016-08-22T16:29:52.040
Any decent driver for pointing devices will allow you to assign "click-lock" to one button or another. Now what might be interesting (but not directly applicable to this question) would be to assign "click&lock" to a mouse hover -- as is done currently to bring up help text, e.g. – Carl Witthoft – 2016-08-22T18:03:49.060
Get a touchscreen? Alternatively, have you tried double-tap-hold on the trackpad instead of click-hold? – user541686 – 2016-08-22T23:49:02.227
A different technique for using a touch pad might help. For example I put my thumb in the middle of the two buttons next to the pad and press them as needed with it and disable all tapping features. That thumb motion shouldn't propagate beyond your wrist. – CodesInChaos – 2016-08-23T17:15:50.300