Invert Mouse Axis

Westyfield2 · 23 Apr 2010 at 09:59

Right, someone at work has messed up their wrist etc and we've managed to find them a trackball mouse that's comfortable to use.... but only when inverted.

Soo, great OcUK, is there a way of inverting the X and Y axis of a mouse in Windows? As right now obviously pushing it up makes the cursor go down, and moving it right makes the cursor go left.

None of us at work know a way, but my reason for asking here is surely someone must have done it to their boss/friend/teacher as a prank!

utajoker · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:05

turn the mouse round.

Shadows1990 · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:06

utajoker said:
turn the mouse round.

That's what I was thinking lol.
What trackball is it by the way? I think some Logitech software has an option which allows you to invert the movements.

whitecrook · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:08

utajoker said:
turn the mouse round.

lol

RopAyy · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:11

utajoker said:
turn the mouse round.

+1 haha

But as stated above usualy the software that comes with the mouse (or downloaded from the venders site) will have all the configuration tools for the mouse.

Westyfield2 · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:20

utajoker said:
turn the mouse round.

When you turn the mouse round Windows obviously doesn't know, so if you move the mouse up the cursor will move down

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I've found http://www.maf-soft.de/mafmouse but it's filtered, and only the boss can un filter stuff

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RastaManBob · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:31

Screenie of the website: http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1764/screeniej.jpg.

If you need the files, eg demo, I can email them?

Cheers.

Westyfield2 · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:39

RastaManBob said:
Screenie of the website: http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1764/screeniej.jpg

That looks like the right kinda thing :cool:

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For some reason neither my iPhone or colleagues Nexus One can download the Zip demo

, and the boss has disappeared off to some meeting...

RastaManBob said:
If you need the files, eg demo, I can email them?

Cheers.

That would be very good of you! My Username @gmail.com

RastaManBob · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:44

Sent

Westyfield2 · 23 Apr 2010 at 10:55

RastaManBob said:
Sent

Thanks

GMail seems to be a bit slow today though

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Ricochet J · 23 Apr 2010 at 11:33

Did it work?

RastaManBob · 23 Apr 2010 at 12:02

Just got a mail bounced on your username @ gmail.com.

Have you got it sorted now or want me to use your trust address?

Westyfield2 · 23 Apr 2010 at 12:09

Ricochet J said:
Did it work?

Yep, mafmouse works.

RastaManBob said:
Just got a mail bounced on your username @ gmail.com.

Have you got it sorted now or want me to use your trust address?

Hmm, that's very odd! :eek:

Though it would explain the slowness.

The boss came back and he can do all the filtering so I did it that way in the end, but thanks for trying

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Whilst mafmouse works, as Shadows1990 suggested I've found the version of Logitech Setpoint for it (it's a Logitech Marble Mouse) and that had a full orientation thing in it where it asks to you move the ball in the direction you want up to be and then calibrates it to that.
But that'll only work on this Marble Mouse, so for any other mice (and pranking people!) it's mafmouse.

Ceryndrion · 23 Apr 2010 at 12:11

Would have thought it was obvious, take the ball out, turn it around, and put it back in again..