Ergonomics: Mouse ClickLock
I'm big on ergonomics and mouse usage.
One of the settings that I have on is ClickLock on in my mouse settings, so that I can depress the left mouse button a little bit, and it "keeps" the click on so that I can drag things around, even after I've let go of the physical mouse button (I click left again to release).
Sometimes, I need to let colleagues or my wife take over the computer as I'm working on it. The quickest way I've found to do this is to have a shortcut into the mouse settings.
Mouse settings in Windows actually lives here:
C:\Windows\System32\main.cpl
Once there, the keyboard combo to turn ClickLock on/off is T, Enter.
I have a PowerShell function set up so that it calls the shortcut right away.
function cl {
# this open up the mouse setting dialog window
# use hotkeys T, Enter, to quickly en/disable ClickLock
s 'C:\Windows\System32\main.cpl'
}
So in all, my key presses are cl, Enter, T, Enter.