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Soundflow + Kensington Trackball

By Hendrick Valera @Hendrick_Valera
    2021-11-28 01:19:42.168Z

    Hey yall

    My computer doesn't support the native Kensington app to customize the buttons on my trackball so I decided to use soundflow to get a few shortcuts!

    The problem is that whenever I try to assign a trigger soundflow reads both top left and right buttons as the same one. Any way to fix this?

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    1. Raphael Sepulveda @raphaelsepulveda2021-11-28 01:37:33.392Z

      Hey Hendrick!

      Try setting it up as a HID Device Trigger. I was able to get SF to see those two buttons as distinct buttons that way!

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      1. Dustin Harris @Dustin_Harris
          2021-11-28 02:24:55.481Z

          That’s genius!

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            HHendrick Valera @Hendrick_Valera
              2021-11-28 02:29:24.055Z

              Yeah I tried that but it didn't work for me... Maybe because I don't have the kensington works app? I can't have it installed because it doesn't work with my computer.

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              1. Raphael Sepulveda @raphaelsepulveda2021-11-28 03:20:22.643Z

                That's a bummer... I don't have the KensingtonWorks app installed either so I was hoping this would work for you as well.

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                1. HHendrick Valera @Hendrick_Valera
                    2021-11-28 19:23:41.085Z

                    definitely a bummer :/ thanks anyways!

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                    1. GGraham Archer @Graham_Archer
                        2025-04-23 16:00:27.863Z

                        Hey @Hendrick_Valera and @raphaelsepulveda,

                        Have either of you got 'chording' to work on a Kensington Trackball? It's basically when you press two buttons together to make a 'third button'. I can't get Soundflow to recognise chording using the HID Device Trigger but would love to!

                        Please let me know if you know of a way.

                        Thanks!

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                        1. GGraham Archer @Graham_Archer
                            2025-04-23 16:01:20.035Z

                            Here's a screenshot for reference:

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                            1. Chris Shaw @Chris_Shaw2025-04-23 16:12:05.189Z

                              Generally speaking, you shouldn't use SF as a pseudo mouse driver via HID triggers as it's not that reliable. Also, you can't program a chording function in SF.

                              I highly recommend using Steer Mouse:
                              https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

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