Swap mouse buttons

[Cue]

This sounds fairly simple but iam having some difficulty, or maybe iam just being stupid.

Is there a way to swap the mouse buttons (Temporarily) in autoit.

[dabus]

#include <Misc.au3>

$dll = DllOpen("user32.dll")

While 1
If _IsPressed(01, $dll) Then
    MouseClick('right')
ElseIf _IsPressed(02, $dll) Then
    MouseClick('left')
ElseIf _IsPressed(04, $dll) Then
    ExitLoop
EndIf

WEnd
DllClose($dll)

... does not work as I thought...

[Cue]

Yeah.

I had the same problem. It does the right click before the left.

the problem is that i cant find a way to disable the mousebutton and not pass it on to the active application.

[Cue]

Thanks for the attempt BTW

[BigDod]

If you had done a search you would have found this

Func SwapMouseButton($mode = 1)
    DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SwapMouseButton", "int", $mode)
EndFunc

Edit -

mode = 1 for swapping

mode = 0 for returning to normal mode

Edited October 2, 2006 by BigDod

[Xenobiologist]

Hi,

yes u can like BigDod shows, but why?

If the user has swapped the left and right mouse buttons in the control panel, then the behaviour of the buttons is different. "Left" and "right" always click those buttons, whether the buttons are swapped or not. The "primary" or "main" button will be the main click, whether or not the buttons are swapped. The "secondary" or "menu" buttons will usually bring up the context menu, whether the buttons are swapped or not

So long,

Mega

[Cue]

BigDod thanks for that. I actually did do a search but didnt come across that what did you use for you search terms.

Hi, th.meger I need this for a Tablet pc so that I can add a small area on the screen to point to then the next point will be a left click instead.

[Xenobiologist]

Hi Cue,

still not totally clear, but ... nevertheless - go on.

So long,

Mega

[Cue]

Sorry, I didnt explain very well.

I've got a tablet pc and pointing anywhere on the screen performs a right click. To "left" click you have to hold the pen on the screen for a while which is quite annoying. so I'm writing a script with a tray icon that when right clicked on will make the next click a left click.

Hope thats understandable.

[BigDod]

BigDod thanks for that. I actually did do a search but didnt come across that what did you use for you search terms.

"swap mouse buttons"

[Cue]

Thats what I searched for and got alot of threads I skimmed through most that sounded relavent and didt find anything. Nevermind

[BigDod]

Thats what I searched for and got alot of threads I skimmed through most that sounded relavent and didt find anything. Nevermind

Did you enclose it in quotes as per my post. When I did it I only got two hits one of which was this topic. Edited October 2, 2006 by BigDod

[Cue]

No, I didnt think of that

[Cue]

I cant seem to figure out why this simple script doesnt work. It shows some very odd behavior.

clicking the system tray swaps the mouse buttons until a left click is performed. if you swap then left click on the tray the system tray menu shows. now the problem is if you click the tray after left clicking on the menu you cant swap the buttons again until you right click even if you exit the script and start it again

any idea whats going on.

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#Include <Constants.au3>
#Include <Misc.au3>
#NoTrayIcon

Opt("TrayMenuMode",3)   ; Default tray menu items (Script Paused/Exit) will not be shown.
TraySetClick(0)
$Menuclicked=0

$aboutitem      = TrayCreateItem("About")u 
TrayCreateItem("")
$exititem       = TrayCreateItem("Exit")

TraySetState()

While 1
    $msg = TrayGetMsg()
    Select
        Case $msg = 0
            ContinueLoop
            
        Case $msg = $TRAY_EVENT_PRIMARYUP
        SwapMouseButton(1) ;swap buttons
        TraySetState (4) ;make tray blink
        
        while Not _IsPressed(01, "user32.dll") AND $Menuclicked=0 ;wait for left click
        WEnd
        
        SwapMouseButton(0) ;swap back
        TraySetState (8) ;stop tray blink
        $Menuclicked=0
        
        Case $msg= $TRAY_EVENT_SECONDARYDOWN
        $Menuclicked=1
        
        TraySetState (8) ;stop tray blink
        SwapMouseButton(0) ;swap back
        
        ;show tray menu
        TraySetClick(1)     
        MouseClick("left")
        TraySetClick(0)
        
        Case $msg = $exititem
            Exit
    EndSelect
WEnd

Func SwapMouseButton($mode = 1)
    DllCall("user32.dll", "int", "SwapMouseButton", "int", $mode)
EndFunc

[GaryFrost]

Works fine for me, once the swap is done, use the left click which is now the right click, then it swaps again

Edit: had my left and right reversed in the sentence.

Edited October 8, 2006 by gafrost

[Cue]

Figured it out I should have used TRAY_EVENT_SECONDARYUP instead because it performed a PRIMARYUP after i let go. but its still very odd that if you exit the script and start it again it remembers if you didnt press right click

[GaryFrost]

Figured it out I should have used TRAY_EVENT_SECONDARYUP instead because it performed a PRIMARYUP after i let go. but its still very odd that if you exit the script and start it again it remembers if you didnt press right click

Using the dllcall to swap mouse buttons, doesn't just swap the mouse buttons in the script.

[Cue]

Works fine for me, once the swap is done, use the left click which is now the right click, then it swaps again

Hi gafrost. Iam writing this for a tablet pc so pretend you dont have a right click. i wanted to click on this tray, swaps buttons then next left click becomes a right click and swaps back to normal.

Edit: added quote to avoid confusion, gafrost types alot faster than his Avatar

Edited October 8, 2006 by Cue

[Cue]

Using the dllcall to swap mouse buttons, doesn't just swap the mouse buttons in the script.

gafrost its hard to keep up with your posts, lol

try it with only the left click. it actually swaps them back but it still requires a right click before performing it again.

Edited October 8, 2006 by Cue

[Cue]

Do this to recreate the problem. use left click only. click on tray, click tray again, now click about. now try clicking the tray to swap again, It doesnt work .

Now exit the script and open again now click on tray, It still doesnt work.

Kinda odd

edit:[ Remember exit using left click only by using ctrl+Break in SciTE for example]

Edited October 8, 2006 by Cue