4 Mousekeys is a feature that allows you to emulate a mouse using your keyboard. You can move the pointer around, click up to 5 buttons, and even scroll in all 4 directions.
6 There are 2 ways to define how the mousekeys behave, using "[auto-accelerating](#configuring-the-behavior-of-mousekeys-with-auto-accelerated-movement)" or "[3-speed constant](#configuring-the-behavior-of-mousekeys-with-3-speed-constant-movement)" behavior.
8 In either case, you will need to enable mousekeys in your makefile,
9 and add the relevant [keycodes](#mapping-mouse-actions-to-keyboard-keys) to your keymap.
13 To enable the mousekey functionality, add the following line to your keymap's `rules.mk`:
19 #### Mapping Mouse Actions to Keyboard Keys
21 You can use these keycodes within your keymap to map button presses to mouse actions:
23 |Key |Aliases |Description |
24 |----------------|---------|-----------------------------------|
25 |`KC_MS_UP` |`KC_MS_U`|Mouse Cursor Up |
26 |`KC_MS_DOWN` |`KC_MS_D`|Mouse Cursor Down |
27 |`KC_MS_LEFT` |`KC_MS_L`|Mouse Cursor Left |
28 |`KC_MS_RIGHT` |`KC_MS_R`|Mouse Cursor Right |
29 |`KC_MS_BTN1` |`KC_BTN1`|Mouse Button 1 |
30 |`KC_MS_BTN2` |`KC_BTN2`|Mouse Button 2 |
31 |`KC_MS_BTN3` |`KC_BTN3`|Mouse Button 3 |
32 |`KC_MS_BTN4` |`KC_BTN4`|Mouse Button 4 |
33 |`KC_MS_BTN5` |`KC_BTN5`|Mouse Button 5 |
34 |`KC_MS_WH_UP` |`KC_WH_U`|Mouse Wheel Up |
35 |`KC_MS_WH_DOWN` |`KC_WH_D`|Mouse Wheel Down |
36 |`KC_MS_WH_LEFT` |`KC_WH_L`|Mouse Wheel Left |
37 |`KC_MS_WH_RIGHT`|`KC_WH_R`|Mouse Wheel Right |
38 |`KC_MS_ACCEL0` |`KC_ACL0`|Set mouse acceleration to 0(slow) |
39 |`KC_MS_ACCEL1` |`KC_ACL1`|Set mouse acceleration to 1(medium)|
40 |`KC_MS_ACCEL2` |`KC_ACL2`|Set mouse acceleration to 2(fast) |
43 ## Configuring the Behavior of Mousekeys with auto-accelerated movement
45 This behavior is intended to emulate the X Window System MouseKeysAccel feature. You can read more about it [on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_keys).
47 The default speed for controlling the mouse with the keyboard is intentionally slow. You can adjust these parameters by adding these settings to your keymap's `config.h` file. All times are specified in milliseconds (ms).
50 #define MOUSEKEY_DELAY 300
51 #define MOUSEKEY_INTERVAL 50
52 #define MOUSEKEY_MAX_SPEED 10
53 #define MOUSEKEY_TIME_TO_MAX 20
54 #define MOUSEKEY_WHEEL_MAX_SPEED 8
55 #define MOUSEKEY_WHEEL_TIME_TO_MAX 40
60 When one of the mouse movement buttons is pressed this setting is used to define the delay between that button press and the mouse cursor moving. Some people find that small movements are impossible if this setting is too low, while settings that are too high feel sluggish.
62 #### `MOUSEKEY_INTERVAL`
64 When a movement key is held down this specifies how long to wait between each movement report. Lower settings will translate into an effectively higher mouse speed.
66 #### `MOUSEKEY_MAX_SPEED`
68 As a movement key is held down the speed of the mouse cursor will increase until it reaches `MOUSEKEY_MAX_SPEED`.
70 #### `MOUSEKEY_TIME_TO_MAX`
72 How long you want to hold down a movement key for until `MOUSEKEY_MAX_SPEED` is reached. This controls how quickly your cursor will accelerate.
74 #### `MOUSEKEY_WHEEL_MAX_SPEED`
76 The top speed for scrolling movements.
78 #### `MOUSEKEY_WHEEL_TIME_TO_MAX`
80 How long you want to hold down a scroll key for until `MOUSEKEY_WHEEL_MAX_SPEED` is reached. This controls how quickly your scrolling will accelerate.
83 ## Configuring the Behavior of Mousekeys with 3-speed constant movement
85 In your keymap's `config.h`, you must add the line:
89 Then you can precisely define 3 different speeds for both the cursor and the mouse wheel, and also whether speed selection is momentary or tap-to-select.
90 For each speed, you can specify how many milliseconds you want between reports(interval), and how far you want to it to move per report(offset).
96 #define MK_MOMENTARY_ACCEL // comment this out for tap-to-select acceleration
98 #define MK_C_OFFSET_SLOW 1 // pixels
99 #define MK_C_INTERVAL_SLOW 100 // milliseconds
100 #define MK_C_OFFSET_MED 4
101 #define MK_C_INTERVAL_MED 16
102 #define MK_C_OFFSET_FAST 12
103 #define MK_C_INTERVAL_FAST 16
104 // scroll wheel speeds:
105 #define MK_W_OFFSET_SLOW 1 // wheel clicks
106 #define MK_W_INTERVAL_SLOW 400 // milliseconds
107 #define MK_W_OFFSET_MED 1
108 #define MK_W_INTERVAL_MED 200
109 #define MK_W_OFFSET_FAST 1
110 #define MK_W_INTERVAL_FAST 100
113 Medium values will be used as the default or unmodified speed.
114 The speed at which both the cursor and scrolling move can be selected with KC_ACL0, KC_ACL1, KC_ACL2 for slow, medium, and fast. However, if you leave MK_MOMENTARY_ACCEL defined then there is no need to ever send KC_ACL1, since that will be the unmodified speed.