Making a mouse toddler friendly...

[Syppion]

Our 2.5 yr old loves her Blues-Clues PC game, but is having problems with the mouse.
I have a few old 2 and 3 button mice that we've been experimenting with, but she's having problems clicking the correct button. Granted, she only gets to play on the computer about once a week, so practice is limited, but I'd like to make it less frustrating for her.... She is sooo proud when she gets it right.

What I want to do is make it so that any button she pushes will be registered as a "left-click" (these games never use a right-click at this level). Is this possible in windows XP (pro)?

I've seen a few laptop mice that would fit her hand much better, but they're foolishly spendy, have multiple buttons, and/or are LED/laser based (kids stare at what they shouldn't). I?ve given up on searching for a cheap one-button mouse that?ll work, but if anyone knows of one that?s an option.

 

[erwos]

Original Apple USB mouse? Cord is a little short, but the shape is good, and it uses a ball, not optical sensor.

-Erwos

 

[CrispyFried]

in the mouse control panel you should be able to assign all the buttons to act as a left click.

 

[Eureka]

Theres a way to turn off right click... but I forget how... try the buttons tab in the mouse button in the control panel.

Norm

 

[Syppion]

I never thought to look for an USB apple mouse, I knew it wouldn't jive with ADB/PS2. I'd rather use one of my existing mice if possible (since I'll otherwise just throw them out).

The only options in the mouse control panel is to switch the left and right buttons, dbl click speed, and click-lock. This is using the default windows driver. I know with my logitech drivers I can individually program each button on my mx510... I guess I can try to find some fancier drivers and trick them into swapping the signals on a cheap mouse.

 

[Eureka]

Actually, here's a very cheap way. Go to logitech.com, find mouseware for some basic mouse, install them and let it recognize your mouse. It'll use generic drivers, and you get to set them up.

Norm

 

[Syppion]

Originally posted by: cevilgenius
Actually, here's a very cheap way. Go to logitech.com, find mouseware for some basic mouse, install them and let it recognize your mouse. It'll use generic drivers, and you get to set them up.

Norm

Thanks! I just finished doing just that (used my mx510 CD). It works great. I didn't realize mouseware would play nice with non-logitech devices. She should get a lot less frustrated now.

-Syppion