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I would like to have two mice connected to my computer, and have one mouse left-handed, another right-handed. And not needing to change any settings for using any of them.
I've googled for this and did not find some information, but nothing helpful. Somebody suggested to have 2 accounts, some other suggested a short-cut that changes mouse buttons over. I did not like any of that. And I remember, I saw somebody using their laptop with right-handed touch-pad and left-handed mouse. At the same time.
Both of my mouse are plain vanilla USB, with no drivers, tried finding drivers for any of the mouse did not get me anywhere.
This is how mouse configuration looks like:
There is no option for different mouse to be configured different. I think I need to install some mouse drivers/software that allow different configuration. Is there anything like this availble??
Many thanks in advance!
p.s. Using Windows 7 Pro, one mouse is Fujitsu, another Sandsrom.
Update: I'm not going to use both mice at the same time. One at a time, but both connected all the time. I would like to switch hands to avoid CTS.
Also to stop co-workers swearing on my left-handed mouse, when they try to show me something on my screen. They will ask about 2 mice instead
trailmax
Posted 2012-06-21T09:12:24.610
Reputation: 516
6why exactly do you want to do it? what do you expect to happen when you move one mouse to right and other to left? – tumchaaditya – 2012-06-21T09:17:26.583
I would like to switch hands for mouse without any delay or extra click. Not going to use them at the same time. – trailmax – 2012-06-21T09:23:32.843
2Windows does support several mouses at the same time, when moved at the same time the move of the pointer is a sum of both mice movement (so ideally moving to different directions causes no cursor movement). I remember having similar configuration, although mice were logitechs and were using their driver software. – Ahe – 2012-06-21T10:52:47.843
@Ahe I'm not going to use both mice at the same time. One at a time, but both connected all the time. – trailmax – 2012-06-21T11:24:31.727
I use both hands without switch mouse setting. If you are out of option, maybe just try to get used with it;-) – Codism – 2012-06-22T21:46:01.603
1What would you do with $200,000.00? .... Two mice at the same time.... – ZnArK – 2012-06-27T17:46:22.133
6@ZnArK Interesting fact, on Linux (X11) you can have two mice at the same time, with completely different settings (e.g., even acceleration can be different). You can even have two independent cursors, one for each mouse, if you'd like. Even better news is that you can download a Debian CD for free, and have $200k left over! – derobert – 2012-06-27T18:26:36.870
@derobert Nice pointer... see what I did there? Really though, thanks for the tip. – ZnArK – 2012-06-27T18:31:18.863
I just use a wireless mouse..... want to use it left-handed? take right hand, grab mouse, place mouse in left hand... 4. Profit!! Reverse the first few steps to return to right-handed use. No, the buttons don't 'flip', but it's just muscle memory to use "right-handed" mouse with left hand. Also... I've found that if you stop (or minimize) using the mouse, your CTS will fade. People have typed for decades, no CTS...the mouse shows up? ... CTS abounds. Learn keyboard shortcuts. No CTS! (4. Profit!!) – lornix – 2012-06-28T04:02:14.877
@lornix I was swapping wireless mouse for a long time and the brain gets messed-up about right-hand-left-hand button clicks. Also, I do use shortcuts and prefer keyboard. But believe me, there are applications that don't really support keyboard navigation and at the moment I have to use one for job. – trailmax – 2012-06-28T08:37:42.797
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Duplicate question : Using two mice in Windows 7 (dual mouse, dual cursor).
– harrymc – 2012-06-29T19:13:37.743@harrymc good point. Thanks for the link. But most of the answers there out of date or not applicable. – trailmax – 2012-07-02T08:56:47.250