May 13, 200719 yr Is there a way to convert a specific panel mouse click to a keystroke?I have a panel that requires a mouseclick in a specific spot, to change it's operational mode. This mouse click would always be in the same screen spot, on the same gauge.I'm trying to do away with as much mouse operation as possible, and this is the last thing on my list to do.Can anyone help me out on this?Thanks...Jim
May 14, 200719 yr You could take a look at Key2Mouse. It's available here in the library as shareware. You could try it out and see if it does what you want and then buy it. I use it for all kinds of custom mouse clicks in PMDG aircraft that don't have available keystokes.Cheers,Ian
May 14, 200719 yr No, key2mouse takes a keystroke and converts it to a mouse input. The OP wants to do the opposite.The easiest solution is to write a simple xml gauge to do this.RegardsBob ScottATP IMEL Gulfstream II-III-IV-VSantiago de Chile Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
May 15, 200719 yr Well, Bob, actually I did a little research on Key2Mouse, and it uses the X and Y mouse coordinates for the gauge 'hotspot', and allows you to assign a keystroke or macro, and you can even define it as a left click, right click, wheel up, wheel down, and so on.It does exactly what I needed. I originally thought as you do, and the title of the program is EXTREMELY misleading !!!You can use this little FS2004 module and basically take all the mouse clicks you use on your panel/panels and change them all to keystrokes. Get rid of that #### mouse once and for all !!!Thanks to ianj for the initial post that pointed it out to me, and to all who helped me out by offering suggestions........Jim
May 15, 200719 yr >Well, Bob, actually I did a little research on Key2Mouse, >and it uses the X and Y mouse coordinates for the gauge>'hotspot', and allows you to assign a keystroke or macro, >and you can even define it as a left click, right click, wheel>up, wheel down, and so on.>>It does exactly what I needed. I originally thought as you>do, and the title of the program is EXTREMELY misleading !!!>>You can use this little FS2004 module and basically take all>the mouse clicks you use on your panel/panels and change them>all to keystrokes. Get rid of that #### mouse once and for>all !!!>>Thanks to ianj for the initial post that pointed it out to me,>and to all who helped me out by offering suggestions........>>JimInteresting utility. Had a quick read of the manual and it suggested that a key can only be assigned to a fixed x-y position that doesn't move. Maybe a stupid question, but can i assume then that the utility can't be used in the virtual cockpit ?Gary
May 15, 200719 yr You can use it even in the VC, GAry, with a joystick button it will be easier. You need to allign the view prior to to sending the command, for example program a joystic button with a macro to recenter the standard desired view in VC, pause TrackIR, then send the command. So yes, it can be used in VC with the above limitations, otherwise the mouse click will miss the specific coordinate on the screen.
May 15, 200719 yr >You can use it even in the VC, GAry, with a joystick button>it will be easier. You need to allign the view prior to to>sending the command, for example program a joystic button with>a macro to recenter the standard desired view in VC, pause>TrackIR, then send the command. So yes, it can be used in VC>with the above limitations, otherwise the mouse click will>miss the specific coordinate on the screen. I use trackIR in the VC and I rarely need to touch the mouse. When I need to click a button I callup a mini window (of the overhead for ex.) just like FS2Crew (if you're familiar with that). The mini window sits in the bottom right part of the screen while you do your button pushing - totally unobtrusive. I use FSUIPC to assign a button to open the window via ident # in the panel cfg. Key2Mouse assigns the click spots. Defining the mini panel is pretty straight forward if you're halfway comfortable with editing panel configs.This way you don't have to mess with aligning your view.Cheers.Ian
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