How can I set mouse buttons as shortcuts?

[Jon7801]

Hi,

I've got a mouse which has three keys on the left side which are not in use.

I want to use them to go a frame forward or backward so I went into the shortcut menu. I tried to set this mouse keys as a shortcut but it seems like Premiere Pro doesn't recognize any of my mouse keys

[Jim_Simon · Accepted solution]

Premiere Pro has no way to change mouse buttons.

[SinaNJ]

The best and perfect answer is that it still can be done.

What do you mean by "correct answer", Adobe?

The correct answer is to solve the users problems, not a yes or no kind of replies. 

[R Neil Haugen]

Those replies are from other volunteers, noted users, both of them, from EIGHT years ago.

"Adobe" cannot build into the app 'calls' for every specific user device out there, NO app runs like that. There are probably several thousand devices used with Adobe apps.

You use the device mapping options. Provided by the maker of that device. Like everyone does an any other app.

Every device that has extra buttons and such, like my Logitec trackball, or my Tangent Elements panel, has its own mapping software. THAT is where you go to map that specific device.

[R Neil Haugen]

There is a game-controller mapping program that might work for you ... Xpadder ... you can go look it up.

Xpadder

It's around $10USD, and can map a lot of controls from gamer controls to mice & such to keys or combinations. I saw it yesterday, on another forum, from someone who is now editing using an X-box game controller and used this to set it all up. I'm thinking about getting it myself ...

Neil

[chrisw44157881]

autohotkey is free and easy/powerful to use. re-map/script mouse/keyboard/joystick etc.

[shooternz · Accepted solution]

My Mouse has its own software that maps  button functions to any of the short Cuts in Premiere ( and other applications)

Logitech G700S

Basically all it does is map any combination of keyboard "keys"  to any button...and these of course are what Shortcut Keys  are.

[T1media]

Thank you for this comment, just helped me big time 3 years later! 😂

[YelloKat]

ABSOLUTELY GENIUS! You probably just saved me hours of research! 🙂 thank you! I have a new Glorious -O mouse with two side buttons I wanted to map as zoom in and out. Not possible thru Premiere it seems, however mapping the buttons to the respective shortcut keys in the mouse own software worked like a charm. Once again, thank you very much!

[Mehmet Akif24375797pjar]

thanks man. after 6 years 🙂

[peterspeter]

Thanks for this idea, even 7 years later! I was looking for a native shortcut edit in Premiere, but now I've added hotkeys to my Corsair mouse in iCue. I now have my foward/back side buttons as C and V so I can quickly use the razer and selection tools.

[Mizo Xpf37692377npry]

this really helped 8 years later

[SinaNJ]

You can use X-Mouse Button Control. It's free. You can map any shortcut to any of you mouse buttons. 

[Aditya34470747tb69]

thanks, it worked for my unofficial mouse and is working great as well 

[Sam23044356rlif]

I didn't do this through Premiere, but I was able to adjust my mouse keybinds with my mouse software (Razer Synapse in my case). I wanted to zoom in and out with my side buttons because (Alt + Scroll) wasn't zooming in centered, I think due to 200% scaling. I changed those side buttons to the (-) and (+) keys, so now I can zoom in and out with my mouse.

[Tom Fewchuk]

This going to be added natively to Premiere shortcuts, Adobe?