Mouse Gestures

Mouse Gestures (MG) uses simple sequences of mouse movements to manipulate windows (but not in Win9X). Gestures are only recognised whilst the right button is pressed. The following table describes the components of a gesture.

`L`	Move the mouse to the left	`WU`	Move the wheel up
`R`	Move the mouse to the right	`WD`	Move the wheel down
`U`	Move the mouse upwards	`LB`	Click the left button
`D`	Move the mouse downwards	`MB`	Click the middle button
The wheel and/or middle button may not be recognised, depending on your mouse's configuration.

As you move the mouse, a tooltip will be displayed containing the current sequence of movements. For example, if you formed a square by moving right, down, left and up, the tooltip will end up showing RDLU. The action associated with the gesture will be performed when the right button is released. If it is not recognised, the click is ignored. The gesture can be cancelled and the right click sent as usual by not moving the mouse for a little while before releasing the right button.

**Scrolling**
`LB`	Page down
`MB`	Page up
`WU`	Page left
`WD`	Page right
`L`	All the way left
`R`	All the way right
`U`	All the way up
`D`	All the way down
Scrolling will work on the window under the cursor. Unfortunately, it does not work with all windows.

**Active Window**
`LR`	Close
`UD`	Center
`RL`	Maximise the width
`DU`	Maximise the height
`UR` or `LD`	Move to the top-left corner
`RD` or `UL`	Move to the top-right corner
`DR` or `LU`	Move to the bottom-left corner
`RU` or `DL`	Move to the bottom-right corner
`LL`	Fill the left half of the desktop
`RR`	Fill the right half of the desktop
`UU`	Fill the top half of the desktop
`DD`	Fill the bottom half of the desktop
`LLU` or `UUL`	Fill the top-left corner
`RRU` or `UUR`	Fill the top-right corner
`LLD` or `DDL`	Fill the bottom-left corner
`RRD` or `DDR`	Fill the bottom-right corner
The first gesture will change the window as desired; repeating it will restore the original position and size.

**Keys**
Win+G	Toggle gesture recognition
Shift+Win+G	Reload (update configuration)
Ctrl+Win+G	Edit the script
Alt+Win+G	Exit

Since it's possible that other programs will use the right button for their own purposes, MG can ignore those windows, or even disable itself. Add the title of the window to the appropriate line in mg.ini.

MG also provides two other optional features. It can "debounce" the left button, where rapid consecutive clicks are ignored; and it can make the middle button act as a left double-click. Configure these options in mg.ini.

If you like the idea of these gestures, but not what they do, or would like to make your own, you can. Rather than using the stand-alone program mg.exe, download AutoHotkey and add the gestures and/or actions to mg.ahk.

Mouse Gestures v1.10 (221k).

Jason Hood.
17 July, 2009.

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