Escape key

[kberry]

Since updating to a new MS mouse, the latest Intellipoint software (ver. 5.3) does not allow assigning one of my buttons to use the "Escape" key. Older versions of Intellipoint would allow this (4.1 I believe allowed it). Does anyone know what macro is used to emulate pressing the escape key? ^C^C is not it...
Thanks!

[Ed Jobe]

I don't like the way they keep removing features. I went back to 4.1. Still works fine for me on XP sp2.

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Refer to this post ( RE: More Mouse button Customization ) and this post ( RE: Destroy F1 - in AutoCAD 2006 CUI ).

Have a good one, Mike

[LanceMcHatton]

I don't like the way they keep removing features. I went back to 4.1. Still works fine for me on XP sp2.
I agree. I finally purchased a Logitech MX610. Has 10 customizable buttons. Sweeeet...

[Chris.N]

I agree. I finally purchased a Logitech MX610. Has 10 customizable buttons. Sweeeet... rats! I bought my 8 button mouse to soon!!! is your's the "laser" mouse?

[LanceMcHatton]

rats! I bought my 8 button mouse to soon!!! is your's the "laser" mouse?
Yep. It's also wireless. In fact, the wireless transmitter works so well that I have not been able to figure out it's maximum working distance yet. I took the mouse into my boss's office (about 50 feet away) and asked a coworker if the cursor on my screen was still moving around and it was! It was even going through a bunch of cubicle walls.

Also, it may say 10 buttons on the box but it's not really true. In the mouse software, each direction of the tilt wheel counts as a button so that would make 12 buttons.

The movement on it feels really good, too.

[fritolio89846]

I read about your logitech 10 button mouse. Were you able to program "Escape" into one of the buttons. Is it easy to program? Ted

[robert.1.hall72202]

Programming an escape key is really easy using the logitech software.
Select the button you want, select keystroke, and then hit escape.

I have also got backspace and undo programmed into the mouse.
This mouse (MX510)is a real savior.

[tsbykatherine60220]

Since updating to a new MS mouse, the latest Intellipoint software (ver. 5.3) does not allow assigning one of my buttons to use the "Escape" key. Older versions of Intellipoint would allow this (4.1 I believe allowed it). Does anyone know what macro is used to emulate pressing the escape key? ^C^C is not it...
Thanks!
This should work...
^P^C^C(sssetfirst nil nil)(princ "*Cancel*")(princ)^P;

Let me know if it helped!

Rick McElvain

[fritolio89846]

Thanks to Chris N and everybody else. I bought a Logitech MX610 and it is awesome! Programming it was very easy. Now I have a button on top of my mouse that is Escape in ACAD only. Any button can be programmed for any application. Finally!!!!

[sinc]

Thanks to Chris N and everybody else. I bought a Logitech MX610 and it is awesome! Programming it was very easy. Now I have a button on top of my mouse that is Escape in ACAD only. Any button can be programmed for any application. Finally!!!!

Yeah, removing the ESC button from Intellipoint was a great example of Microsoft-think. I'm sure they came up with some wonderfully-convoluted reason why the ESC key should never be assigned to a mouse button, but the logic is beyond me...

A coworker has one of the new Microsoft wireless keyboard/mouse combos, too, and it's also somewhat problematic. Temporary keyboard overrides do not work with it. It almost seems like Autocad can't tell that a key is being held down, and the override toggles in and out, switching back and forth between active and inactive as long as the override key combination is held down. Makes temporary keyboard overrides pretty much unusable.

Next purchase, I'm avoiding Microsoft mice and keyboards... :?