autohotkey

AutoHotKey - Mapping Ctrl to XButton1

A mouse button may be remapped to Ctrl button easily like this:

RButton::Ctrl

However the same code does not work for XButton1 or XButton2.

XButton1::Ctrl

Any way to make XButton1 work as Ctrl?

Edit: When I click the XButton on the mouse, Key History shows that the LControl was pressed and released consecutively, other letter-keys I pressed while XButton1 was pressed show up being clicked before the press/release of the XButton/Ctrl hotkey.

Solution

  • Turns out AutoHotKey is innocent, the culprit was the mouse I was using (Logitech M650)

    It appears to send the XButton1 up/down command at once on release.

    Switching to a different mouse fixed the issue and AHK works as expected.