Help with Applescript plus Mighty Mouse

[lavardera]

I was considering an Apple Mighty Mouse to replace my ailing kensington but I ran into a snag with configuring the buttons. I set up my mouse with a return/enter keystroke on the right button which I use for rapidly dismissing dialog boxes. I use the scroll wheel button for control-click or right click or secondary button as Apple calls it.

Problem - in the mouse pane of system preferences Apple does not offer a return/enter keystroke as an option for a button press. It does give you the option to open a file, which I'm assuming would let you execute a short script to do the keystroke. So I tried creating a script, compiled it, saved it, but when assigned to the keystroke it would not execute, rather it opens the script in Script Editor.

I'm out of my element here and have no idea what I'm doing wrong. All this was done on the demo machines at the Apple Store as I won't buy the mouse till I know I can set it up.

[CJH]

I would look instead at Logitech mice, much better than the Mighty Mouse. Use SteerMouse as the driver and you can customize any of the buttons and scroll wheel to any PowerCadd commands, also can customize for different programs.

[lavardera]

I already have a logitech mouse that I tried as a potential replacement for kensington and I did not like it or the software very much - sorry, I know this is a very personal thing, but I've spent some time exploring options. I've used the mighty mouse at the apple store and like it enough to buy one to live with, but I have to figure out this button function.

I wonder if the solution is to use a third party driver with the mighty mouse.

[jasonlocher]

I used logitech mice for years until I discovered the Diamondback mouse by Razer. Its a gaming mouse, but is super light, rugged, and can be programmed with 7 buttons. I highly recommend them.

[dwm]

This is a little late for this post but the best solution if you want to program mouse buttons is to use USB Overdrive.

http://www.usboverdrive.com/USBOverdrive/News.html

With this software you can use any mouse with a Mac. Mine is a Logitech Media Play Bluetooth (which was not made for Mac), there are 13 functions/buttons. This mouse was discontinued a few years ago but can still be found on eBay for a few bucks. I've looked at changing mice several times and none are as comfortable or have as many buttons as this one (so I bought 4 of them over a year ago).

USB Overdrive supports programming the buttons for global settings and differently for different applications. All functions in PowerCADD that can be assigned custom key commands can be also configured in OSB Overdrive.

I've looked at a couple other apps that do similar things but this one is the best and has been rock solid since the start.

If it's not too late, Happy New Year to Everyone.