Right-click to "Orbit" & Middle-click to "Pan"

[lokkk]

Can i set Right-click to "Orbit" and Middle-click to "Pan" in sketch up?
it just too inconvenient to orbit with middle-click and left-click...

[Gaieus]

Then how would be possible to invoke the context menu (currently by right click)?

I have got(ten) used to middle click > Orbit / Shift middle cli8ck > Pan quite quickly. You almost always need to keep your hand around the Shift/Ctrl/Alt buttons to modify key functions anyway.

[sorgesu]

lokk actually said something very telling.

"...left click to pan..."

It is possible to pan by pressing down on the central scroll wheel and the left mouse button at the same time. In order to do this, people likely move the the pointer finger away from the central scroll wheel where it is normally placed in order to zoom and orbit, and move it inestead to the left mouse button then use the middle finger on the centre wheel.
I would agree with lokk that this is a major pain and it is easy to make a mistake. That is why I never use this method, lokk.
If you can change over to the method that Gaius is using, in fact most of us are using, you might find it much easier. Central scroll wheel to orbit and then if you want to pan, press shift at the same time, no need to move your finger off of the central scroll wheel

[pav_3j]

i disagree.

being a lefty who uses a mouse with the buttons still set to right-handed controls, i actually find it easier and quicker than using the shift key.

so you see, there are two solutions, either:

a) become left handed

or

b) set your mouse to left handed settings

he he

pav

[sorgesu]

You are right: Different strokes.

[Sawduster]

I tried using my middle finger on the wheel and man, that was difficult. Guess if I did it enough I could get used to it, but . . .

[plot-paris]

what a cool thing (middle mouse button + left mouse button = pan)!

I am honestly considering to change my habits of using a mouse. always having three fingers on the three main buttons may not be too bad...

by the way: I love the possibility of "smoothly" switching between orbit and pan mode (by pressing Shift or Left Mouse Button) without the need of releasing the Scroll Wheel, so that you can switch between orbiting and paning several times within one movement.

other programs dont support that and it is sooo cooool!!!

[Gaieus]

For me the problem with the middle + left buttons to pan is that I use my pointing (?) finger for the middle button, too, so it's a bit inconvenient to start using another finger at this age...

[sorgesu]

Yeah, it means either permanently switching to always use the middle finger for scrolling or it means switching just for the pan. I find either option very difficult at this point.
What would have been easier is instead to use the scroll wheel with the pointer finger and the right button at the same time. That wouldn't have required any physical re adjustment. I wonder if we can force that somehow with mouse setting?

Nope, can't. I have a great mouse with programmable buttons but it doesn't allow for programming of a double button action. So the only way to do it would be to swap the functionality of the left and right buttons, which I certainly don't want to do.

[Mouthpear]

Did you ever find a solution for this? I also would rather use the wheel + right button tp pan instead of how it is default. I mean there is some line of code that says if you hold down the wheel and press the left mouse button you start the pan function. How hard would it be to change that to the right button? lol. I was trying to find the file and line but can't.

[Bob James]

Buy a SpaceNavigator or Spacemouse and eliminate all of the finger shifting.

[jaceguay]

You could use X-mouse button https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMo ... ontrol.htm
or autohotkey to achieve this, the first are easier to use, in both you can configure this behavior by application so it won´t interfere with other programs.
I use a autohotkey script and have a friend that prefer X-mouse.

[pbacot]

Original post was 7 years ago, and OP never made another post, but keep the ideas coming!

[pmolson]

Any mouse with a thumb button. use the mouse software to assign the letter O to the thumb button

[skateboardtshirt]

It is possible to set your mouse's right-click as something else other than 'context-click' (bring up the menu). Here's how:
On a mac you can invoke the context-click menu by holding 'control' and then clicking.
To remap your right-click mouse button you can use a third-party software called SteerMouse. You make an application-specific remapping (so that it only remaps it in SketchUp) to a keyboard shortcut. In your example you would set the keyboard shortcut to 'o' which is the default SketchUp keyboard shortcut to invoke the orbit tool

[galiaf]

You could use X-mouse button https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMo ... ontrol.htm
or autohotkey to achieve this, the first are easier to use, in both you can configure this behavior by application so it won´t interfere with other programs.
I use a autohotkey script and have a friend that prefer X-mouse.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THIS ONE IS A REAL SOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dave R]

@galiaf, youve dredged up an ancient thread.

Curiously no one has addressed Gaeius's question. If right click is used for Orbit, how does one acess the Context menu?