“Analytics”: This undocumented command apparently gathers usage analytics stored on your iPad and submits them to Apple.“Accessibility Shortcut”: Performs the shortcut you set in Settings > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut.“Open Menu”: This opens the AssistiveTouch menu as if you tapped on the AssitiveTouch menu button on the screen.“Single-Tap”: Performs a single tap in the spot where your mouse pointer is located.You can assign the following actions in the “Customize Buttons” menu to any extra mouse buttons: If you’d like to customize other extra mouse buttons to do other tasks, just repeat the same steps above, but click that button when the “Customize Button” pop-up appears. For example, if you picked “Home,” clicking the button will take you directly to the Home screen. Tap on the option you want, and then tap the name of your pointing device at the top to navigate out of the list.įrom now on, whenever you click that mouse button, it will perform the action you chose.
Click the button on your mouse you want to customize.Ī menu appears with many powerful options, including “App Switcher,” “Control Center,” and “Home.” For a full list of what each option does, see the section below. Tap the mouse with the buttons you want to customize. You see a list of your connected pointing devices. While you’re in Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch, swipe down and tap “Devices.” Now, let’s move on to customizing mouse buttons.
RELATED: How to Use an iPhone with a Broken Home Button When you do, a pop-up menu appears with various options, including going to the Home screen. This button remains onscreen in every app, so you tap or click it from anywhere to activate AssistiveTouch. In the “Touch” menu, tap “AssistiveTouch.”Īfter “AssistiveTouch” is enabled, a movable menu button (a rounded, dark-gray rectangle with a white circle in the middle) appears near the edge of the screen.
Tap “Accessibility,” and then tap “Touch.” To activate AssistiveTouch, open “Settings,” and then swipe down the list. For now, though, we must enable it for custom buttons to work. It provides a shortcut menu that allows you to perform certain complex functions from a centralized interface. To customize extra mouse buttons, you have to enable an accessibility feature in iPadOS called AssistiveTouch. For example, many mice include a third button you access by pushing down on the scroll wheel. In iPadOS, you can also assign different functions to any extra mouse buttons (beyond just the Primary and Secondary). RELATED: How to Use a Mouse With Your iPad or iPhone Customizing Extra Mouse Buttons This is particularly handy if you’re left-handed. This means the left button will then perform the right-click action, and the right mouse button will perform the standard-click action. While you’re at it, you can also swap the left and right mouse buttons. If you’ve connected a trackpad, you can control your iPad with gestures. Mouse compatibility varies by manufacturer. Others use a wired connection via a Lightning to USB or USB-C to USB adapter, depending on which port their iPad has. Most people connect a mouse to their iPad wirelessly via Bluetooth.
So, if you want to use a mouse, update your iPad to the latest version of iPadOS. To access this dialog box, enter CUI at the command prompt.If you haven’t yet connected a mouse to your iPad, keep in mind it will only work on iPadOS 13 and up. Customization of the buttons on pointing devices connected to digitizing tablets (digitizer pucks) takes place in the Legacy section of the Customize User Interface (CUI) dialog box, under Tablet Buttons. Note: This solution refers to Windows pointing devices.
To assign keyboard combinations to your mouse buttons though the mouse driver, see your mouse driver documentation. See About Creating and Customizing of Shortcut KeysĪssigning keyboard combinations through the mouse driver
If your mouse driver software allows keyboard combinations to be assigned to the mouse buttons, you can follow the procedure below to assign AutoCAD commands to keyboard combinations. Other mouse buttons are controlled by the mouse driver. To assign AutoCAD commands to a standard three-button mouse: