Hi Sarah, Yes, most three button mice are like that. If you turn the scroll wheel it acts as a z axis. If you Press the wheel down it sends a mouse button clicked event to the application. Most of the time clicking the wheel is the middle button or button 3.
Cheers! On 1/8/11, Sarah Haake <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > these are really intresting questions and I think mouse support in games > is a good feature in general. > > I myself have a laptop, which of corse has a trackpad. But I also have > an usb mouse which I'd rather use for gaming and already do, actually. > > My mouse has two buttons and a wheel, which also can be pressed like a > button. No idea if this counts as a third button or not. > > If it does however, your suggestions for navigating the game sound good > to me. > > I don't know if I would buy a new mouse for games, since there not many > games yet which support a mouse. But if there were more games with mouse > support, I maybe would buy one with five buttons or so. But for now, my > current mouse seems to be ok for games, since there only are two buttons > required in most games. > > Best regards > Sarah > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
