SetPoint Middle-Click to Open Link in New Tab

Posted on 1/5/2006 by Elliot Lee

This function is the default for a middle click in Mozilla Firefox, but with the software included with the Logitech MX1000 rechargeable wireless laser mouse, Logitech’s SetPoint Settings, the middle click is reassigned to do zoom. This is not effective for the kind of work I do. So I set about finding a way to change it. Turns out that you need to choose “Other” as the function, click the “Set Function” button, and then choose “Generic Button”. That did the trick. Awesome — thanks, Logitech! Good software.

44 thoughts on “SetPoint Middle-Click to Open Link in New Tab”

guido on 2/1/2009 at 4:33 pm said:

OMG …said the full grown man, because he was so happy to have read this.

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eastbruce on 3/27/2009 at 9:44 am said:

I had spent hours in the Mozilla forums searching for a fix. Your solution makes my surfing pleasant again!

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Dean Kennedy on 4/13/2009 at 4:20 pm said:

Thanks — this helped. I have a Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse — my middle click stopped opening links in a new tab and was working as a Back button (quite an annoying difference!).

Reading your post, I assigned “Generic Button” and clicked Apply — didn’t help, but then I assigned “Other” Middle Click again (as it was) — and hit Apply — and it returned to functioning normally!

Thanks — I was thinking it was caused by a Firefox Add On or a setting in Firefox about:config — but it was the Logitech setting that I freshly re-applied that got it working again … without your post, I wouldn’t have thought to do that!

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- Phil on 7/9/2009 at 11:04 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much!!!
  
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- fudgetown on 7/11/2009 at 4:02 pm said:
  
  Thanks for posting this! Immediate relief to a painful problem.
  
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Helmet on 8/1/2009 at 6:54 am said:

thanks! good job

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tori on 8/20/2009 at 9:58 pm said:

Thank You, it did the trick!

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Juan on 10/25/2009 at 1:52 pm said:

I like it!!!

Thanks!

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Paige on 4/16/2010 at 7:03 am said:

OMFG…�said the full grown WOman, because she was soooooo happy to have read this. Thank you for your post Elliot.

ps. “intelliot” is brilliant

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Varun on 7/30/2010 at 9:32 pm said:

Thank you

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Pavan on 10/5/2010 at 12:39 am said:

This worked for me…. thanks

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slay on 10/24/2010 at 2:49 am said:

damn, Logitech just gets worse every day because of these simple stupid things. thanx men, helped a lot in searching

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LogitechSucks on 10/29/2010 at 4:27 pm said:

Wow…I almost took the mouse back…..thanks dude!

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Abcdqfr on 2/2/2011 at 7:04 pm said:

Wow! Thank you!!!
Lol, that has to be a new record for me for fastest (yet stupidest) fix!

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Wagner Danda on 6/14/2011 at 12:21 am said:

Thanks! It worked perfectly!

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vercatosso on 8/12/2011 at 6:39 am said:

THANK YOU SO MUCH. *sends undying love*

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Dratel on 12/15/2011 at 9:28 pm said:

I LOVE YOU!

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garry on 4/8/2012 at 4:31 pm said:

Came here to say this: Thank you so much. Stopped randomly working and you fixed it for me. Thank you!

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SetPoint Middle-Click to Open Link in New Tab

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