topic Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S in Installation & update

Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Lukijan — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 17:42:54 GMT

Hello everyone! I'm writing for the first time now. This forum was of great help with everything I had problem in Archicad, but now I have a problem for which I can't find solution.
I recently bought Logitech MX Anywhere 2S mouse and it never crossed my mind that mouse in 2023. doesn't have middle click - wheel click. Without it I can't use pan and orbit as I used to. First thing I tried was to use Logitech softvare to assign middle click to some other button on mouse, but that didn't work, for some reason Archicad doesn't recognize it as wheel click. What is worse, it does change cursor to look like orbit is activated, bude it doesn't orbit or pan.

Is there any way to "make" archicad understand that new middle click is a wheel click?

I'm using Archicad 25 on Windows 10. Same problem is with Windows 11.

Thank you in advance!

Re: Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Emre Senoglu — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 18:08:20 GMT

You can set the square button below the wheel to act as middle mouse click. Install the logi options+ app, then you should be able to assign the button as middle click. I have the same mouse and it works fine. Should work fine on both operating systems.

Re: Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Lukijan — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 19:17:33 GMT

Thank you Emre, but as I said, it was the first thing I tried and it doesn't work.

Re: Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Emre Senoglu — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:17:18 GMT

I understand. What about better touch tool? It's only available for mac, but it could solve a part of the problem to begin with. you could also try setting a keystroke action (default Archicad shortcut is: O) to the middle button in options+ (or better touch tool) and see if that solves the problem.

Re: Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Lingwisyer — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 02:03:34 GMT

Long standing gripe with the 2S, which they remedied with the 3S. Though the inability of creating macros made all of their work mice a no go for me...

Re: Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Lukijan — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 07:01:14 GMT

Thank you, but as I said, I'm using Windows, not Mac so that is not an option if that software is only for mac.
I tried with O, but then i don't have pan. What is BTT?

Re: Orbiting with Logitech MX Anywhere 2S

Lingwisyer — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 08:22:23 GMT

Better Touch Tool is a program to customise gesturing on a Magic Mouse or trackpad on Mac. I believe quite a few Mac users on this forum have used it to simulate a middle click amoungst other things.

I tried with O, but then i don't have pan.

Just bind something to pan as well? OR if there is a toggle option, bind that instead?