Capslock Camera Pan | Beyond All Reason | BAR | Page 1

gloomy sable Jun 18, 2023, 1:00 PM

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Download: https://github.com/zxbc/BAR_widgets/blob/main/gui_capslock_camera_pan.lua

This is per a request and a small update to the already in-game widget "Middle Mouse Smooth Scroll". Instead of middle mouse button, this widget uses capslock. Press down capslock to pan camera in the direction of mouse cursor, release capslock to stop. This should provide an alternative way to pan camera and possibly allow for more flexibility in keybind.

Yes, I know, capslock will be on often and people will be typing in caps as a result. Until I find a solution to that (which I think is unlikely from within the game), you'll just have to excuse these folks.

static oasis Jun 21, 2023, 5:01 PM

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Continuing the caps lock thread - I've seen discussion before about the ability to (or not) to block key functionality before as alt+shift has been something of a problem for users who have keyboards that toggle to their native language's layout as well. It would be really nice if caps lock could be overridden game side, giving users the option to have this functionality without needing 3rd party software. otoh, most of us should probably look into methods of just disabling caps lock universally on our own machines. I probably will anyway.

static oasis Jun 21, 2023, 5:50 PM

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After testing, two thoughts/pieces of feedback.

When I press caps lock, it centers my mouse cursor on the screen. I would prefer if it simply enables the scrolling while leaving my cursor where it was. This isn't crucial but it feels really weird at first use.
I'd rather it not scroll smoothly, I want it to behave and feel the same as middle click mouse scroll mode does (this is an option you have to enable in the settings). The behavior difference is that it doesn't move unless you are moving the mouse, and the speed of the movement is consistent instead of smoothed by distance from the grab center.

gloomy sable Jun 21, 2023, 6:04 PM

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static oasis After testing, two thoughts/pieces of feedback. 1) When I press caps lock, it ce...

I tried to simulate middle mouse button with capslock straight up, and result was very bad. It seems the game treats middle mouse button differently than the others (or maybe simulating mouse click is just in general problematic, which I also discovered a while back). I can try a few things but don't expect too much unfortunately.

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