{"id":2547,"date":"2019-12-22T07:58:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T07:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T14:52:44","slug":"mouse-emulate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/mouse-emulate\/","title":{"rendered":"Using 2 Button Mouse in Blender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f8b1dfd17ed\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f8b1dfd17ed\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/mouse-emulate\/#mouse-emulation\" >Mouse Emulation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/mouse-emulate\/#keyboard-emulation\" >Keyboard Emulation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Whilst many functions and features of Blender have a menu option or tool icon that can be clicked, the application relies heavily on use of a <i>three-button mouse<\/i> in combination with <i>full-size alpha-numeric keyboard<\/i>. If access to either is limited this can be an issue. However, with Blender 2.8+ it is possible to replicate this broader functionality through <b>Emulation<\/b>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: Blender 2.8+ largely solves the problem associated with missing middle-mouse with the inclusion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/blenderimvu\/\">scene manipulation widgets top-right of the 3D View<\/a>. They are however, only typically available to 3D rendering areas so some emulation may still be necessary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/user-preferences\/manipulation-widgets.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 98.5%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/user-preferences\/manipulation-widgets.jpg\" alt=\"Manipulation widget top-right of the 3D View\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>As an alternative to enabling the various emulation options, Blender 2.8+ solves scene manipulation with the inclusion of the navigation widgets top-right that can be interacted with directly.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"mouse-emulation\"><\/span>Mouse Emulation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In instances where the middle-mouse button is missing or not an option, a two-button mouse or track-pad for example, it is possible to replicate a three-button mouse by activating the <b>Emulate 3 Button Mouse<\/b> option in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/user-preferences\/\"><b>Blender Preferences<\/b><\/a>, this then allows the <i>left-mouse button<\/i> to be used in combination with a <i>key<\/i> to manipulate the scene.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Design note<\/b>: various menu options are available for changing the point of view but tend to be fixed, e.g. <b>Front<\/b>, <b>Top<\/b>, <b>Left<\/b> etc. To use, access the <b>View<\/b> menu and select an option, i.e. <b>View \u00bb Right<\/b> etc. (cf. note above).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To enable the setting, from the main application <b>Header<\/b> click <b>Edit<\/b> [1] then select <b>Preferences<\/b> &#8211; <i><b>Edit \u00bb Preferences<\/b><\/i>. In the <b>Blender Preferences<\/b> window that opens access the <b>Input<\/b> options [2], then under the <b>Mouse<\/b> section click the <b>Emulate 3 Button Mouse<\/b> checkbox to active [3]. Once set, to manipulate the scene or view use;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + <em>left-click drag<\/em> to <b><i>rotate<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Shift<\/span> + <i>left-click drag<\/i> to <b><i>pan<\/i><\/b> or <b><i>translate<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Ctrl<\/span> + <i>left-click drag<\/i> to <b><i>zoom<\/i><\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Important<\/b>: if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/left-click-select\/\">left-click is set as selection default<\/a>, <span class=\"shortcutkey\">Alt<\/span> + left-click will no longer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/edit-mode-basics\/\">loop-select<\/a> with mouse emulation on (selection is overridden in favour of emulation).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/user-preferences\/mouse-emulate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/user-preferences\/mouse-emulate.jpg\" alt=\"Replicating a 3-button mouse in Blender\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Activating the <b>Emulate 3 Button Mouse<\/b> [3] setting in Blender so a 2-button mouse or other button-limited control surface can be used to manipulate the scene in the absence of the middle-mouse button (3-button mouse).<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"keyboard-emulation\"><\/span>Keyboard Emulation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In similar vein to mouse emulation, <strong>keyboard emulation<\/strong> simulates a full keyboard by transposing the missing number pad (NumPad) keys to the main numerical keys, <span class=\"shortcutkey\">1<\/span> becomes <span class=\"shortcutkey\">NumPad 1<\/span> or <b>Front<\/b> view and so on. To enable, in <b>Blender Preferences<\/b>, access as above from <b>Edit \u00bb Preferences<\/b>, click the <b>Emulate Numpad<\/b> checkbox under <b>Keyboard<\/b>. Close the preferences window to then use the modified functionality as;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">1<\/span> &#8211; Front (<em>NumPad 1<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">2<\/span> &#8211; Orbit Down<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">3<\/span> &#8211; Right (<em>NumPad 3<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">4<\/span> &#8211; Orbit Left<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">5<\/span> &#8211; Perspective\/Orthographic (<em>NumPad 5<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">6<\/span> &#8211; Orbit Right<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">7<\/span> &#8211; Top (<em>NumPad 7<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">8<\/span> &#8211; Orbit Up<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"shortcutkey\">9<\/span> &#8211; Orbit Opposite (inverse)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><b>Important<\/b>: activating <b>Emulate NumPad<\/b> overrides selection modes <span class=\"shortcutkey\">1<\/span> (Vertex), <span class=\"shortcutkey\">2<\/span> (Edges) and <span class=\"shortcutkey\">3<\/span> (Faces).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/user-preferences\/numpad-emulate.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/user-preferences\/numpad-emulate.jpg\" alt=\"Emulating the Number Pad of the full length keyboard\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Activating the <b>Emulate NumPad<\/b> setting changes what the main keyboard numbers do, in this instance they then replicate the number pad functions, i.e. pressing <span class=\"shortcutkey\">7<\/span> replaces pressing <span class=\"shortcutkey\">NumPad 7<\/span> to toggle Top perspective in the 3D View.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,230],"tags":[522,662,661,658,657,660,523,233,659],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-tutorials","tag-blender-preferences","tag-emulate-mouse","tag-emulate-numpad","tag-emulation","tag-mouse","tag-orientation","tag-preferences","tag-shortcuts","tag-view"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5101,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions\/5101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}