These allow you to map different mouse click events to actions on the taskbar.
Note that these options have lower priority than the standard tweaks.
Registry branch
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\7 Taskbar Tweaker\Mouse Button Control
Value name
The value name defines the target element, the mouse click event, and the modifier keys.
Target element
For now, these are supported:
- taskbaritem - a taskbar item.
- emptyspace - the empty space of the task list.
Mouse click event
One of the following:
- lclick - Left button click.
- ldblclick - Left button double click.
- rclick - Right button click.
- rdblclick - Right button double click.
- mclick - Middle button click.
- mdblclick - Middle button double click.
- x1click - First X button (button 4) click.
- x1dblclick - First X button (button 4) double click.
- x2click - Second X button (button 5) click.
- x2dblclick - Second X button (button 5) double click.
The X buttons (button 4 and button 5) refer to a 5-button mouse.
Modifier keys
One or more of the following:
Bringing it together
The final value name looks like this:
target_element|mouse_click_event+modifier1+modifier2
For example:
- taskbaritem|ctrl+shift+lclick - a left click on a taskbar item, when ctrl and shift are down.
- emptyspace|x1dblclick - a double button 4 click on the empty space of the task list.
Value data
The value data defines the action to map the mouse click event to.
The value data meaning depends on the target element:
taskbaritem
- 1 - show
- 2 - minimize
- 3 - close
- 4 - new instance
- 5 - jumplist
- 6 - standard menu
emptyspace
- 1 - Show desktop
- 2 - Ctrl+Alt+Tab
- 3 - Task Manager
- 4 - Taskbar Inspector
- 5 - Toggle mute system volume
- 6 - Toggle taskbar auto-hide
- 7 - Ctrl+Win+Tab (Windows 7)
Examples
- taskbaritem|ctrl+shift+lclick - 3 - a left click on a taskbar button, when ctrl and shift are down, closes the window.
- emptyspace|x1dblclick - 1 - a double button 4 click on the empty space of the task list shows the desktop.
