For this Weekend Question I turned to the PCG staff and forums to ask: What do you use those extra buttons on the side of your mouse for? Here are our answers, as well as some from our forum.

Windows only: X-Mouse Button Control, a free Windows mouse utility, is a highly-configurable tool that enables you to set your extra mouse buttons, or even your standard set of three, to do all ...

X-Mouse Button Control gives you many different ways to use your mouse. Middle button? I’m sure some of you are thinking, “My mouse doesn’t have a middle button, just a scroll wheel.” ...

Free utility X-Mouse Button Control lets you reprogram just about every aspect of your mouse, including the often-overlooked middle button.

If you have a mouse with extra buttons on the side, it's incredibly useful to use them as a shortcut for often-used functions. For example, I use one of my mouse's side buttons to bring up the map ...

My mouse has 5 buttons. In OSX I bind the farleft button to expose and the far right to show desktop. I was hoping to do something similar in Linux. The far left to switch to next desktop and the ...

The script binds one of your extra mouse buttons combined with the mouse wheel to activate Alt-Tab or Shift-Alt-Tab, depending on which way you are scrolling the mouse.

I've done much googling on the prospect of using the thumb buttons on my mouse to do something useful in X.In fact, this guide explains how to configure X + ...

Ever wondered how to bind your keys? Lythox on the Battle.net forums has put together a lengthy and interesting guide. Below is a snippet of the guide. Find the full guide in the link below. --The ...