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Add a Mouse Action

Using the Mouse Mapper, you can assign an action to a mouse click, a wheel up/down, or to a mouse click and keystroke combination. Each time you perform that mouse action in InfoConnect, the specified action occurs.

To add a mouse action

  1. Open a session in InfoConnect.

  2. Open the Mouse Mapper dialog box. The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User interface mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Tools tab, click *Mouse Mapper.
    InfoConnect Browser On the InfoConnect menu, choose Tools, and then Mouse Mapper.
    TouchUX Tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings. Under Input Devices, click Manage Mouse Map. Then choose whether to modify the current mouse map or create a new map.
    Classic MDI On the Setup menu, click Mouse.
  3. Under Map Mouse Click, place your pointer over the image, and then do either of the following:

    • Click a mouse button or wheel up/down.

      -or-

    • Click a mouse button while pressing a modifier key (for example, CTRL).

  4. Assign an action by doing one of the following:

    • From the Select Action menu, choose a task (for example, Launch Application ).

      -or-

    • Click the Select Action button, and from the Select Action dialog box, specify an action or action sequence.

  5. Enter parameters for the action, if required, and then click OK.

  6. The new mouse action appears in the Mouse Action table.

  7. Click OK.

    When you click OK in the Mouse Mapper dialog box, your changes are saved to the currently selected mouse map file.

    Note

    If the currently selected map file is one of the built-in map files, InfoConnect automatically creates an editable copy of the map file, saves your changes to this file, and saves it to the Mouse Maps folder in your InfoConnect user data folder.