tryan225 Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I'm friends with an individual with disabilities, and it is difficult for him to hold down the left click and move the mouse (in his case, a joystick) at the same time. I was curious if there is a way so that when he presses left click, the brush will continue to "stroke" until he presses left click again. If not, is anyone aware of any software that could accomplish this task? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercaper Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 tryan225, Assuming your friend has Windows 7. Right click on your desktop. Click on "Personalize", "Change mouse pointers". Select the "Buttons" tab and at the bottom of the dialog box check "Turn on ClickLock". Click on Apply and Ok. This will work throughout all Windows programs. SC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryan225 Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Wow, thanks! I know he's on vista, but I wonder if it's in there anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercaper Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 tryan225, Glad to help. It may be more of a mouse "driver" issue rather than OS dependent, so I'm sure you'll find a work-around either way. SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 @silvercaper: nice solution. Rep'd. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryan225 Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Do you think it would be possible for me to create a script or shortcut that would turn clicklock on or off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryan225 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 (edited) Hey all, just a little update and thanks to silvercaper. The click lock has a setting so you can have it activate after holding it down after a while. This all works fantastically and my friend is very pleased. He can now not only use paint.net, but also drag and drop files, resize windows, etc. easily, which he could not do before. Thanks again! Edited May 23, 2012 by tryan225 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercaper Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 tryan225, I'm glad to hear that it worked out for your friend. It would be nice if this feature was built into Paint.net so that, like you mentioned above, it could be turned on or off at will as sometimes I would rather have the feature turned off, especially while surfing the net. SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Glad to hear it works! This will not be added as a built-in capability of Paint.NET since the OS already handles it. It would simply be a very poor use of time to implement something that's already available. A useful and practical solution* would be to find or write a utility which makes it more convenient to enable or disable it, or that automatically did that based on what application was active. I wonder if one already exists? I suppose it would depend on if it's possible to toggle click-lock programmatically (that is, via code and not just through the control panel). * and especially, a solution that wouldn't take up time which I need for work on 4.0 Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercaper Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Thanks Rick. You inspired me to download a macro creating app and have a go at it. I wound up just recording my mouse movements. Now I can toggle the click-lock on and off in any program simply by shaking the mouse back and forth horizontally. It's a little crude but works satisfactorily. SC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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