New Mouse Question
 

I wonder if anyone on here can help me track down a mouse that will be more helpful for my needs.

At the moment i have the Logitech G502 and its great for games but i have a problem. Back in September and November of 2017 i had Sepsis which has caused nerve damage to both my hands and feet. When using the mouse for a prolonged time my hand goes numb and locks up with cramp which is extremely painful.

So what im asking is can someone recommend a mouse that maybe more helpful for my needs?

Thanks.

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Use a better mouse mat that comes with good quality gel wrist pad / support.

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Maybe consider a vertical mouse?

https://www.t3.com/features/best-vertical-mouse

For some people they help reduce wrist strain

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I tried a trackball for a while, but couldn't really get on with it. I often use my mouse left handed at work, after having shoulder problems, but that wouldn't be an option for gaming. It felt kind of weird at first but got used to it after a while.

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Just ordered one of the cheap ones to see how i get along with it. If all goes ok i will invest in a more expensive one.

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A member of staff at work uses something like that. I thought it might have been unworkable at first but for general browsing etc its a pretty comfy mouse

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The new Vertical mouse has worked out brilliant, now im after something a little more advanced to this basic one that i got.

Basically the main thing i am after are buttons that i can reprogram to say double click etc.


Anyone have any idea?

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Depends how many buttons you want to control

Logitech are pretty good at customisation of their buttons and have a vertical mouse:
https://www.logitech.com/en-gb/produ...rgonomic-mouse

4 buttons on it can be changed to your choice of action including keystroke assignment via their Options software

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Windows has an option to single click, no need program mouse buttons.

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Where do i find that folder options?

I just looked in Control Panel.

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That does only work in Folders. It's not a system wide replacement

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Logitech does a nice mouse but i dont wanna spend £90.

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Can to tell me where it doesn't work? If you are referring to W10 don't bother as I don't use it.

As regards W7 I haven't had to use double click for years.

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If you have a game or other program that requires a double click for an action, that setting wouldn't apply to it. It's specifically for use in the Windows Folders.

However using a mouse program such as Logitech Options would allow a button assignment that mimics a double click that I would expect would work everywhere - unless specifically over-ridden by in-game button changes for instance.

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So you don't know then.

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Not sure what you mean?

I know what that option does and doesn't cover - it's specifically to open files and folders in Windows. It is not designed to be a global option to make a double click a single click in everything.

A custom mouse button assignment would cover more than just files and folders as it sends the true 'double click' mouse command when you press a button once.

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Give a specific instance of where it doesn't work other than where in-game options would overide it. I've been using single click since XP.

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I was specifically talking about in-game as that's what Alan said he did, and I was making an assumption that's where the double click mapping would be useful, as gaming mice tend to have a lot of keystroke and action customisation for speed of gaming.

But if you want a specific example - in the Spotify desktop app. You can double click to start a song playing back. This is still the same after changing the Folder setting. Same applies to the Groove Music app and iTunes. The double click action still remains a double click action.

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What part of W10 didn't you understand?

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That behaviour would be the same on Windows 7 too as the Folder click options behaviour hasn't changed and it's only ever applied to the files and folders right back to Windows 98

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As I said earlier I don't use windows 10 so I cannot verify anything with regards to it. Once support ends for Windows 7 I'm off to Linux.

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I wonder if theres any software available that will allow double click assignment thats third party etc.