A macOS menu bar app that enables system-wide navigation functionality for side buttons on third-party mice.

Related tags

Miscellaneous macos objective-c mouse-events
Overview

SaneSideButtons

macOS mostly ignores the M4/M5 mouse buttons, commonly used for navigation. Third-party apps can bind them to ⌘+[ and ⌘+], but this only works in a small number of apps and feels janky. With this tool, your side buttons will simulate 3-finger swipes, allowing you to navigate almost any window with a history. As seen in the Logitech MX Master!

About SaneSideButtons

SaneSideButtons is a fork of the abandoned SensibleSideButtons by Alexei Baboulevitch. More information about SensibleSideButtons can be found on his website. Please consider using his Amazon affiliate link when making any purchase.

Starting with version 1.0.7 SaneSideButtons is maintained by Jan Hülsmann and offers native Apple Silicon support.

Compatibility

  • macOS Big Sur (11.0) and above.
  • Intel and Apple Silicon

Automatic launch

To launch SaneSideButtons automatically when you log in on your Mac:

  1. Click the System Preferences icon in the Dock or choose Apple menu  > System Preferences.
  2. Open the Users & Groups preference pane.
  3. Select your username in the left panel.
  4. Click on Login Items at the top.
  5. Click on the plus button at the bottom of the right pane.
  6. Navigate to your Applications folder (or wherever you put the app) and double-click SaneSideButtons.
Comments
  • Complicated Permission Handling

    Complicated Permission Handling

    As part of the introduction of the Swift rewrite and support for App Sandboxing SaneSideButtons now requires the following permissions:

    • Privacy & Security -> Accessibility
    • Privacy & Security -> Input Monitoring

    The system should prompt the user for these on initial run, but SaneSideButtons does currently not work if these permissions have not already been granted at launch.

    opened by thealpa 1
  • Sorry for newb question... how to install and configure?

    Sorry for newb question... how to install and configure?

    Context; I'm brand new to macOS as of literally today. I found this repo and I think I've installed the app. The thumb buttons DO work for clicking items but I can't for the life of me figure out how to configure them to move back/forward as intended. When I click the app icon nothing opens. I can't be sure I've enabled it correctly.

    opened by gammacray 1
  • Compatibility with News, Music apps

    Compatibility with News, Music apps

    This fork as well as the original code does not work in the Apple News or Music apps.

    • macOS 12.5
    • Corsair Harpoon wireless
    • enabled in Accessibility and menubar

    thanks!

    opened by avidwriter 1
  • Logitech G903 side buttons do not work on macOS Ventura

    Logitech G903 side buttons do not work on macOS Ventura

    I'm running macOS 13.0 (Ventura) and I cannot seem to get SaneSideButtons to work. I have a Logitech G903 mouse, if that makes a difference.

    I've tried the latest release via the brew cask. I've also tried manually installing 1.2.0-beta.1.

    I've given all of the permissions via System Settings and I see the icon in the menu bar on top, but neither the forward nor the backward buttons seem to do anything to Chrome/Finder/etc.

    Any idea what I can do to troubleshoot?

    opened by PaulMest 1
  • Some interference with Smooze Pro

    Some interference with Smooze Pro

    It seems that Sanesidebuttons is interfering with Smooze Pro. I have tried to adjust " Trigger on Mouse Down" setting, but this did not fix the problem.

    The problem I'm having is that on Windows, ⌥Right & ⌥Left are used for Back & Forward, so I'm using Smooze Pro to bind these to my mouse side buttons for specific apps, like Remote Desktop Manager. But this does not work if SaneSideButton is enabled, it overrides Smooze Pro bindings.

    Can SaneSideButtones be disabled for specific apps?

    opened by Vinski 2
Releases(1.2.0-beta.1)
Owner
Jan Hülsmann
Jan Hülsmann
GitHub https://janhuelsmann.com/sanesidebuttons
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