swap mouse xbutton1 and xbutton2

Question

bought a mouse from china and when i tried i realized thumb buttons are swapped was wondering with C# is it possible to switch these buttons

i was trying something like:

    switch(MouseButtons)
    {
    case MouseButtons.XButton1:
    MouseButtons.XButton2;
    break;

    case MouseButtons.XButton2:
    MouseButtons.XButton1;
    break;
    }

or maybe something with:

    MouseButtonState.Mouse.XButton1 == MouseButtonState.Pressed

and BTW im a 6monhts newbie with c#

maybe use window hooks? i read about it but i dont know how to apply it.

Think you can find some inspiration here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3209217/detect-both-left-and-right-mouse-click-at-the-same-time — Pavenhimself, Sep 18 '14 at 09:56
And here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2416748/how-to-simulate-mouse-click-in-c — Pavenhimself, Sep 18 '14 at 09:59
Do you want system-wide switching, or just within your application? — kennyzx, Sep 18 '14 at 10:01
i already made a tray app which i wanted to activate that option from a menu — darkman00, Sep 18 '14 at 12:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 23 '14 at 09:45

I think it can be done via Win API calls, like the keyboard hooks do, you can find samples anywhere.

But that method would be a little overcomplicated, it is much easier to download the program called AutoHotkey from here: http://ahkscript.org/ And use the script provided here by Masonjar13: http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/114669-swap-xbutton1-and-xbutton2/

Please note that a character (") is missing. I copy here the fixed solution for the future generations :D

$*XButton1::
SendInput {XButton2 down}
while(GetKeyState("XButton1","P"))
    sleep 10
SendInput {XButton2 up}
return

$*XButton2::
SendInput {XButton1 down}
while(GetKeyState("XButton2","P"))
    sleep 10
SendInput {XButton1 up}
return

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 18 '14 at 10:40

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You can switch mouse buttons globally in Windows via Control Panel's applet Mouse.

Press Win+R -> type Control and press Enter -> locate Mouse -> check switch buttons

edited Sep 18 '14 at 10:40

Andrey Korneyev

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answered Sep 18 '14 at 10:10

MYSLIVEC

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i am talking about side buttons on mouse forward/backward and not main left/right button – darkman00 Sep 18 '14 at 12:43

swap mouse xbutton1 and xbutton2

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