[GH-ISSUE #1292] [Feature Request] Highlight mouse buttons 4 and 5 #3416

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kerem commented 2026-03-01 19:11:17 +03:00

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Originally created by @muzikbike on GitHub (Mar 21, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/1292

Originally assigned to: @NickeManarin on GitHub.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, left clicks are highlighted in yellow, right clicks in red and middle clicks in cyan. However, using the fourth and fifth mouse buttons does not cause any colored circles to appear, despite these also being mouse buttons.

To this day, Windows does not account for the existence of mouse buttons 6 and above (unlike Mac or Linux), and since this utility appears to be designed only for Windows we don't need to account for any higher buttons at this point.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add some colored circles to indicate when the fourth or fifth buttons are pressed, like how #374 added support for the right click.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Coping with not having them show up at all? That sounds a bit depressing.

Additional context
All five mouse buttons are used here, in order: left, right, left, middle, fourth, fifth. The last two aren't visually shown, hence the long period of nothing happening at the end of this gif.

Originally created by @muzikbike on GitHub (Mar 21, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/1292 Originally assigned to: @NickeManarin on GitHub. **Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Currently, left clicks are highlighted in yellow, right clicks in red and middle clicks in cyan. However, using the fourth and fifth mouse buttons does not cause any colored circles to appear, despite these also being mouse buttons. To this day, Windows does not account for the existence of mouse buttons 6 and above (unlike Mac or Linux), and since this utility appears to be designed only for Windows we don't need to account for any higher buttons at this point. **Describe the solution you'd like** Add some colored circles to indicate when the fourth or fifth buttons are pressed, like how #374 added support for the right click. **Describe alternatives you've considered** Coping with not having them show up at all? That sounds a bit depressing. **Additional context** All five mouse buttons are used here, in order: left, right, left, middle, fourth, fifth. The last two aren't visually shown, hence the long period of nothing happening at the end of this gif. 

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