I have a Kensington Model 72111 5 button mouse. I can program keystrokes, such as text, for the buttons. Can one do that with this trackball? Thanks
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Using a Mac... I have the buttons programed for: one click, two clicks, "junk" email address, home email address, my mailing address, and a leading apostrophe (').
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logitech made some follow-on trackballs that were wireless and looked like - to some extent - the marble fx, but there were not any direct models of the fx marble that were wireless. sorry. they only made it (as is) for about a year then went in another direction. have no idea why, but in my opinion they tossed the best overall trackball ever. have managed to get hands on four, two for backup. for a 'rogue' creation, that i don't know. ajr
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Hi Ryan - I use this mouse currently with my Macbook Air. They do actually "work" but there isn't anything in Apple's System Preferences that globally allows you to set their function. I have full use of them in other programs that allow me to activate hotkeys. Ie - A video game where I can set the hotkey to an action by clicking the mouse button. I'll try to find something about globally setting them but for now, look into your programs to see if they will let you set hotkeys or macros.
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Didnt recieve any software with the mouse and could not locate any. Now, having said that, its fairly easy to set the function for each of the buttons. Simply press the key on the keyboard you want a button to use while holding down the button on the mouse.....wait a minute...I think its the other way round...hold down the keyboard then select the mouse button...hmmm.....cant remember now for sure...<laugh> Doesnt matter, just try either way and whichever one will work.
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Keys will have to have the same color across the entire keyboard. For a pointing device, I can't recommend the Logitech M570 trackball too highly. I work with the trackball all day long. My desk is chaos and there is little dedicated room for a mouse pad, but the trackball avoids that problem. I wont ever go back to a mouse. The M570 is wireless and 100% portable between systems if you want to share. I just bought a second M570 for my laptop, instead of carrying the M570 from my tower.
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Hi, Cynthia. Not sure what you mean by programming the buttons for other commands, as I've never done that. The roller bar is used for the same purposes as your mouse, but you use only one finger (I use my index finger) as opposed to using your hand to grip the mouse. I have found that I have to pay attention not to get lazy and let my wrists rest on the pads in front of the keyboard as I'm typing, as that compression does not help my carpal tunnel situation. Except for the unique "mouse", I find the keyboard the same as any other. Hope this helps a little bit. Kathy Z.
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I've never had compatibility issues with the mouse on any keyboard I've ever used. The mouse is symmetrical for left to right usage, just switch the buttons in the operating system settings. The only thing I am unsure of is the "next" and "previous" buttons. I've never tried to "reprogram" those, so I'm not sure if they can be switched or not.
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Yes. Set a macro via your OS or utilize third party software WYSIWYGs. This is not a programmable item on it's own. Most any key can be configured for just about anything via the OS. To answer previous questions, the same goes for the mouse. For gaming purposes, use the in game configurations options.
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Hi- I am using a run-of-the-mill Microsoft keyboard and trackball mouse. Both are working well with the KVM switch.
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I had carpal tunnel surgery on both my wrists. I would NEVER use a regular mouse. I LOVE the trackball!!
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Yes indeed, this Orbit track ball works fantastic with Windows 8. How do I know? My mom uses it as I gave her one since she hated using a conventional mouse. Just buy the darn thing.
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I use it with Windows 7. I haven't had to worry about cleaning it so I wouldn't know as of yet. The first keyboard with a trackball I had was an Iogear GKM561R. This keyboard has everything right in my mind but the trackball worked like crap. I just recently took it apart and cleaned it. 6 or 8 screws or so and it was apart. It does work much better now. What was odd is it didn't seem very dirty persay. In any case this Periboard trackball works ok. Its a little odd because when you use it sometimes the mouse pointer will make big jumps which can get annoying if it does it a lot. The overall keyboard is smaller then normal so the keys are smaller and more awkward. It seems it's made to sit on a table to use. I'm using it for an HTPC so the IOgear keyboard was much more ergonomically friendly for that purpose. All in all good trackball keyboards are hard to find and these two definitely aren't without there flaws. I hope this helped.
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I have an Iogear wireless USB keyboard with trackball which I used on my windows laptop.... I plugged that into my Chromebox and the keyboad and all functions worked perfectly. I than tried my Logitech K400 USB wireless keyboard and that worked also so I would think that just a wireless mouse would work. Good Luck.
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You can grab the scroll bar and use the track ball to move it. Hope that answers your question.
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Well I myself almost always use a mouse. But the response from Becky seems helpful. She says it can, by pressing (Fn and F7 simultaneously. It's worth a try!!
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To use it you simply plug it into an available USB port on your keyboard (as I do on my Apple keyboard) or somewhere nearby. Mine works like a charm. Best mouse I've ever had, and I have had many, most of them Kensingtons. All the best.
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You can! You have to install the Corsair M40 Mouse configuration program (available on their website) but you can remap it to another prebuilt command or to emulate a keystroke.