Selecting rows with Middle Mouse Button

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Is it possible to set some key or button to serve as a equivalent to

CTRL + LMB

? I would like to to be able to select items spaced out by other rows when using only mouse i.e. by clicking

MMB

And if its not possible then can this be implemented; and in the meanwhile maybe someone already has a tested AHK script that does this without issues?

[void]

There's no option in Everything to toggle the selection on middle mouse click.

I will consider an option to do this.

Thank you for the suggestion.

The middle mouse button in Everything scrolls the view.

[vsub]

Do you mean something like this

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#IfWinActive,AHK_class EVERYTHING
$MButton::
MouseGetPos,,,,Control
If (Control = "SysListView321")
{
Send,{LCtrl Down}{LButton Down}
Keywait,% A_ThisHotkey
Send,{LCtrl Up}{LButton Up}
Return
}
Else
{
Send,{MButton Down}
Keywait,% A_ThisHotkey
Send,{MButton Up}
}
Return

Setting the MButton as the hotkey,you will lose the ability to auto scroll and it will also work better if you have Full row select enabled
And of course,the window need to be active first for the hotkey to start working

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Do you mean something like this
[...]

Thank you, but this does not work


When I asked my question I already have been using such scripts for other programs - but there were always some issues when writing them; and thus I was hoping that someone already had overcame them for Everything. Because, as it turns now, something like this

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#If WinActive("ahk_exe Everything.exe") && mouseOver("ahk_exe Everything.exe", "SysListView321")

MButton Up::
    Send ^{LButton}
Return

mouseOver(winTitle, ctl)
    {
    If !WinExist(winTitle)
    Return false
    MouseGetPos,,, hWnd, overCtl
    Return overCtl = ctl
    }

ProcessExist(exeName)
    {
    Process, Exist, %ExeName%
    Return ErrorLevel
    }

does work - but not if you also quickly move to pointer horizontally right after a MMB click. And that is because a small menu can appear; or even worse as apparently a process from that menu can be selected and thus begin

For now I will leave it as it is because I do not wish to indulge in having another AHK induced headache, as I am not a programmer

Setting the MButton as the hotkey,you will lose the ability to auto scroll
[...]

Never used it and never will as it is plain unusable- its either too slow or too quick; overall being chaotic. The mouse wheel and its side scroll is all I need. And apparently I must have already turned auto scroll off in Everything a long time ago, as I do not experience it nor recall it

[...]
And of course,the window need to be active first for the hotkey to start working

Now that is something I have been struggling to overcome multiple times for various programs - but at least in case of Everything this will not be a problem for me, as I always use it with a maximized window [thus whenever I need something from it/ switch to it I automatically apply focus to it]

[vsub]

@Thy Grand Voidinesss your code is allowing the mouse down state to be detected as normal and that can case problems,mine does not(unless Everything is running as admin and the script is not)

Just curious,what exactly is the prolem with my script?

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

It does not work i.e. nothing gets selected

And yes, all of my AHK scripts are being run as Administrator; and no, during tests I have nothing that could interfere with this one

[void]

You might be using Everything64.exe, please try the following:

#If WinActive("ahk_class EVERYTHING_(1.5a)") && mouseOver("ahk_class EVERYTHING_(1.5a)", "SysListView321")

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Yes, I am using x64

But this

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#If WinActive("ahk_class EVERYTHING") && mouseOver("ahk_class EVERYTHING", "SysListView321")

MButton Up::
    Send ^{LButton}
Return

mouseOver(winTitle, ctl)
    {
    If !WinExist(winTitle)
    Return false
    MouseGetPos,,, hWnd, overCtl
    Return overCtl = ctl
    }

ProcessExist(exeName)
    {
    Process, Exist, %ExeName%
    Return ErrorLevel
    }

also does nothing

[void]

The following worked for me:

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#If WinActive("ahk_class EVERYTHING_(1.5a)") && mouseOver("ahk_class EVERYTHING_(1.5a)", "SysListView321")
MButton Up::
    Send ^{LButton}
Return

mouseOver(winTitle, ctl)
    {
    If !WinExist(winTitle)
    Return false
    MouseGetPos,,, hWnd, overCtl
    Return overCtl = ctl
    }
   

[vsub]

It does not work i.e. nothing gets selected

And yes, all of my AHK scripts are being run as Administrator; and no, during tests I have nothing that could interfere with this one

Strange,works fine here
I middle click on the list and every time I middle click it's like I am holding control and left clicking on the row so I can select dufferent rows and keep the selection the next time I click on another row
I am using the lastest beta of everything and the x64 version of autohotkey

Just for a test,remove this
#IfWinActive,AHK_class EVERYTHING
part,this will make the middle click to work globally,the point is to see if the first condition is the problem

[horst.epp]

The following worked for me:

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#If WinActive("ahk_class EVERYTHING") && mouseOver("ahk_class EVERYTHING", "SysListView321")
MButton Up::
    Send ^{LButton}
Return

mouseOver(winTitle, ctl)
    {
    If !WinExist(winTitle)
    Return false
    MouseGetPos,,, hWnd, overCtl
    Return overCtl = ctl
    }
   

This works for me too (I have removed the Alpha extension).
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Windows 11 Home x64 Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3527)
Everything 1.5.0.1373a (x64), Everything Toolbar 1.3.3
AutoHotkey v1.1.36.02, 2.0.14

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Well now it works

I have slightly adjusted it:

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#If WinActive("ahk_class EVERYTHING_(1.5a)") && Focus_is_on_Everything ("ahk_class EVERYTHING_(1.5a)", "SysListView321")
MButton Up::
    Send ^{LButton}
    Sleep 123
Return

Focus_is_on_Everything(winTitle, ctl)
    {
    If !WinExist(winTitle)
    Return false
    MouseGetPos,,, hWnd, overCtl
    Return overCtl = ctl
    }

[Thy Grand Voidinesss]

Nevertheless I would be better if this got implemented to Everything

There's no option in Everything to toggle the selection on middle mouse click.

I will consider an option to do this.
[...]

And that is because using workaround in form of AutoHotkey [or any other script program for that matter] is a no-go for most users