Reconfigure mouse button for panning?

[handrawn]

if you press alt+x you should be able to use the push[pan] tool with the left mouse key and it will revert back when you release the keys

[feklee]

if you press alt+x you should be able to use the push[pan] tool with the left mouse key

Thanks. I realized that hitting space has the same effect.

and it will revert back when you release the keys

Not for me. But if I hit space after finishing panning, then I get back to the tool that I was using before.

Hm, maybe I'll get used to that behavior. At the moment it still feels slower than just pressing the middle mouse button.

[handrawn]

it should revert when you release, whether using space or ctrl+x, AFAIK - though I have made some customisations to my key settings - if you have pro version and you look in key customisation 'toggle to push tool' is the command in question [there is also a 'toggle push' but that appears to be something different]

[feklee]

if you have pro version

Yes. I use Xtreme Pro 5.1 and the X9 Pro trial (one day left), and I plan to update to X10 once it is released.

'toggle to push tool' is the command in question

It's assigned to space and to Alt + a. It doesn't toggle back automatically.

[handrawn]

have you disabled the touchpad? - if not you could try that and see if the mouse/keyboard then work as expected - it could well be a driver problem...

[feklee]

have you disabled the touchpad?

Yes, and I disabled scroll wheel emulation: By default, when clicking the middle button and moving the TrackPoint, one can scroll in documents, also in Xara (but I don't like that). However, then the middle button does not function as middle mouse button. There is a tool called TPMiddle which brings back middle mouse button clicking, but clicking only: When pressing the button and moving the TrackPoint, then scroll wheel emulation gets activated.

it could well be a driver problem...

As I wrote in my initial post, indeed this seems to be a driver issue. In fact I read in another forum that in Windows 8.1 it is no longer possible to disable scroll wheel emulation in the driver's settings.

Anyhow, I am now working with space, and I think it's only a matter of time until I get accustomed to it. No big deal.

[handrawn]

ok - your hardware configuration is different to mine - I have an HP laptop with synaptics touch pad and the system is set to automatically disable touchpad when mouse is connected

space is what I used before I had a three wheel mouse