Remap the "back" button on a mouse to 'enter' instead.

[fefrie]

I could easily buy a mouse with multiple buttons, install a driver and remap the 'back' button on a multi button mouse as enter, but in installing the driver, I'd wipe out the thinkpad drivers and on a t60, I use the track pad buttons and pad in very custom ways.

There's a back button on the keyboard that I NEVER use, so I'm wondering if there's a way to remap that, and in doing so the 'back'button on the mouse gets remapped by default?

[rkawakami]

Not sure if this will work but AutoHotkey might be able to do this. There are Browser_Back and Browser_Forward functions that are recognized by the software. If you install this utility, edit the example script file (right-click the green H icon in the system tray, click "Edit This Script") and add the following at the bottom of the AutoHotkey.ahk file:

Browser_Back:: Send {Enter}
return

Save the script (Notepad) file and re-load the script (right-click green H icon, click "Reload This Script"). I've just tried this out on the X60 I'm typing on. It replaces my Browser Back button with an Enter key sequence. Don't know if this will work on a dedicated mouse button as I don't have one like that.

ref: www.autohotkey.com

[fefrie]

Do you know if this affects the trackpad and it's buttons?

[rkawakami]

Not sure of your exact question, but I believe that AutoHotkey can detect and/or generate mouse clicks. After you install and run the program, right-click the icon in the System Tray and click the Help option and see if you can find the answer there. If not, then I'd suggest you post your question to the AutoHotkey forum.