Disable mouse hotkeys in Chrome

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Does anyone know how I can get Chrome to stop using my mouse buttons as hotkeys for a Logitech MX518 gaming mouse?

I have the mouse driver and software suite (SetPoint) installed. Unfortunately, SetPoint does not provide per-application settings, so that route is not an option.

No matter what I do in SetPoint, Chrome captures my side mouse buttons and uses them as a forward/back hotkey. I want to turn this off because I use those buttons for my push-to-talk in Mumble/Ventrilo.

Any idea how I can do this?

edit: my set-point does not have a way to create per-application settings. enter image description here

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '12 at 08:15

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The free X-Mouse Button Control may work as a replacement for SetPoint, and I did see threads suggesting it for the Logitech MX518 mouse.

X-Mouse Button Control lets you bind buttons to keyboard keys on a per-application basis and has many optional settings.

Although I don't own your mouse, I use X-Mouse Button Control as a replacement for IntelliPoint and do highly recommend it. It may be worth trying.

answered Apr 01 '12 at 08:15

harrymc

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thanks for the suggestion; I will try it out. If it works, I'll accept your answer! – John Ruiz Apr 01 '12 at 22:06
I installed this application and was able to configure it exactly as I wanted it. Excellent answer! – John Ruiz Apr 02 '12 at 20:10
The most recent version of Chrome seems to have broken this (Chrome 69). – Powerlord Sep 21 '18 at 06:18
@Powerlord: Strange, since this works on the operating-system level. – harrymc Sep 21 '18 at 08:04
@harrymc I think what actually happened is that Chrome somehow loaded before X-Mouse Button Control. – Powerlord Sep 21 '18 at 10:42

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 14 '11 at 04:12

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I could be mistaken, but setpoint DOES provide per-application setting...

set point image

You can consider, of course, Uberoptions to allow further customization..

answered Jun 14 '11 at 04:12

bubu

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Mine doesn't have that. I took a screen shot of my setpoint dialog, but I can't figure out how to add images to comments. – John Ruiz Jun 23 '11 at 19:00
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try installing uberoptions – bubu Jun 23 '11 at 21:18

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '11 at 23:57

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I had this issue as well.

Within SetPoint:

Select the side button that you want to be PTT (mouse 4 in my case)
For the task select Other.
In the dialog that appears, choose the function "Generic Button".
Apply the changes and this will allow it to still work within Chrome as a back/forward button but also allows you to map it to PTT within Mumble.

answered Dec 22 '11 at 23:57

Johan Lieu

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Johan, I do not want my side mouse button to work as back/forward hotkeys within Chrome. – John Ruiz Dec 23 '11 at 18:07

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 02 '12 at 15:20

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By now, there is no Google Chrome internal setting to control the mouse keys behavior. The only way that I found that will work for sure is a autohotkey script that catches the button events and ignores them.

answered Apr 02 '12 at 15:20

Michael K

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