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eldi21ck
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April 15, 2023
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Bind rotation to a knob?

  • April 15, 2023
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I recently got a new macropad and it came with knobs. I want to know if I can key bind the rotation action to the knob when I turn it. I'm not interested in pressing the R key or keybinding it to one of the other macro buttons and then using my pen or mouse to rotate it. The program the macropad uses is VIA if that helps to answer my question.

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plus353416140yvs
New Participant
February 8, 2024

If knob has push function too, I think you can rotate counter-clockwise by 10 degrees. Set push (center) as R+ENTER with delay, which would highlight the angle field. Then set Turn Left as SHFT+DOWN ARROW, allowing you to rotate by 10 degrees per ping (up arrow will top out at 180 leaving you stuck upside-down for clockwise but down keeps going around for some reason). Then set Turn Right as ESC or B (brush) or something else to exit the angle field. I don't have a macropad yet so I have not tried it, but I found this question while searching to find out if the cheap macropads allow multi key rollover... which I still don't know. I would like to set knob for brush size and push-turn same knob for softness. I hope the rotate meathod works. Please let me know if so... also about the key rollover question.

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plus353416140yvs
New Participant
February 8, 2024

correction: set TURN RIGHT as ESC+ to get out of angle text field...

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resourceful_Fountain5E9A
Participating Frequently
April 24, 2023

I have a workaround! But requires using a trackpad to do the mouse click.

I haven't got it to chain holding SHIFT down for 15deg increments, but you can assign the Counterclockwise using Special > Any as `KC_MS_DOWN` and the Clockwise as 'KC_MS_UP' and get 1 degree increments. 

 

I'll post again if I get it figured out. 

 

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    resourceful_Fountain5E9A
    Participating Frequently
    April 24, 2023

    And It will do the 15deg rotation but only after you rotate the dial A LOT. The smoothness of the dial's rotation obviously doesn't match the smoothness of a mouse as the number of turns seems inconsistent. 

     

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    jazz-y
    Brainiac
    April 24, 2023

    In Windows we have a huge number of automation tools. For example, we can use AHK to activate the Photoshop window, select the RotateTool and set the focus to the degrees input box:

     

     

     

    if WinExist("ahk_class Photoshop")
{
	WinActivate 
	Send "R"
	MouseMove 220, 50
	MouseClick "left"
}

     

    It is enough to bind this script on any free button, after which you can send keystrokes up or down to control the rotation of the canvas. I'm using X-Keys Jog & Shuttle, just checked and everything works great.

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      resourceful_Fountain5E9A
      Participating Frequently
      April 21, 2023

      You got a Work Louder Creator Mini didn't you? Because I'm here looking for the exact thing for mine, that I also got. 

      If you find a solution, I'm interested. 

       

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        eldi21ckAuthor
        New Participant
        April 26, 2023

        I got the Doio Mastadon Macropad. Which was so frustrating to set up at first.. I'll keep this place posted if I found a solution that works!

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        jazz-y
        Brainiac
        April 15, 2023

        It would be easy to do this with scripts, but unfortunately there is a bug that does not allow you to control the parameters of the rotate view tool: Rotate tool does not assign angle value trough script 

         
         

         

         

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