Anyway to swap mouse buttons for lefty's??

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I'm using my Intellimouse in OS X and the scroll, left and right buttons work properly, but I'd like to swap the button assignments. I'm a die-hard lefty, so a standard click is a control click...DOH!

 

[davidbrit2]

I had the same problem, and unfortunately the only solution I had was to break down and buy a Kensington. They've actually ported their drivers to OS X. That wasn't exactly the most elegant fix, though. If you're handy with a soldering iron and laugh in the face of manufacturer's warranties, just rewire the buttons so that left is right and vice-versa.

 

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hmmm.. That's a possibility I guess.

 

[strobe]

You can do it by recompiling the mouse driver. Download the source to the KEXT from the Darwin CVS and flip the values in the source, then compile and install.

 

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I'm a totally rookie when it comes to UNIX. Trying to learn...is it possible to get detailed directions?

I sent a flaming mail to Apple about this - ridiculous that the Apple driver doesn't have support for two-buttons. It will be interesting to see their reply.

 

[satv]

I managed to swap the mouse buttons by changing the Mouse Driver code from the Darwin project. I've provided a pre-compiled binary and instructions at http://homepage.mac.com/jgarratt/swapmouse.html.

 

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Got it working on my IntelliMouse with the link.
Thanks.