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Take control of your mouse buttons

Author: Computeractive staff
Date: 19-10-2010 09:30:00

It is not all that long ago that the humble computer mouse featured just two buttons – left and right. These days, though, it’s common to see mice festooned with extra controls – from side-mounted buttons to scroll wheels that can also be clicked.X-Mouse Button Control is a free program that allows fine control over exactly how all these additional controls work. It’s possible, for instance, to have favourite applications launch with a single click of a mouse button or to control music playback with a combination of button presses.In this Workshop we’ll show you how to download and install the X-Mouse Button Control program and explain how to use it to save time and effort when using Windows.To begin, you will need download a copy of X-Mouse Button Control. To do this, visit the program’s download page and follow the steps below.Baffled by jargon? See our free online Jargon Buster.

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