Dear fellow Mouse- or Trackpad-Cowboys,
for all of you who - of course - know all the keyboard shortcuts but sometimes just prefer to use the Mouse or Trackpad instead (just like me), I have created „Lasso“. A Hierarchical Circular Menu which serves you with all you need right at your fingertips…like a Cowboy has his „Lasso“.
Note: This is the first release of „Lasso“ and I am happy to receive your feedback, feature requests and bug reports. This will help to improve „Lasso“ quickly.
Features
Main-Menu
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Redo
- Undo
- Close „Lasso“
- Open Sub-Menus (see below for details)
Hidden functions
- Scroll on „macOS Navigation“ icon triggers….
- Up: Mission Control
- Down: Application Expose
- Left: Move left a Space
- Right: Move right a Space
- Scroll on „Music“ icon triggers…
- Up: Volume Up
- Down: Volume Down
- Scroll on „Window Management“ icon triggers…
- Up: Window Switcher for All Open Apps
- Down: Window Switcher for Active App
Sub-Menu: macOS Navigation
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Back to Main-Menu
- Mission Control
- Move right a Space (without animation)
- Move left a Space (without animation)
- Application Expose
Sub-Menu: Copy & Paste
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Back to Main-Menu
- Copy
- Cut
- Paste
- Clipboard History
Sub-Menu: Music
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Back to Main-Menu
- Mute
- Next Track
- Play / Pause
- Previous Track
Hidden functions:
- Scroll on „Mute“ icon triggers…
- Up: Volume Up
- Down: Volume Down
Sub-Menu: Window Management
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Back to Main-Menu
- Maximize Window
- Right Half
- Maximize on Display Forward
- Maximize on Display Backward
- Left Half
Sub-Menu: Controls
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Back to Main-Menu
- Brightness (Scroll Up/Down to change Brightness)
- Volume (Scroll Up/Down to change Volume)
- Capture Region (you may need to adjust the shortcut based on the Screenshot-Utility you use)
- Capture Screen (you may need to adjust the shortcut based on the Screenshot-Utility you use)
- Record Region (you may need to adjust the shortcut based on the Record-Utility you use)
- Lock Screen
- Mute Microphone (unfortunately there is no global macOS shortcut to mute the microphone, this one works for MS Teams)
Sub-Menu: Apps
Screenshot
Basic functions
- Back to Main-Menu
- Launch Excel
- Launch PowerPoint
- Launch OneNote
- Launch Teams
- Launch Outlook
- Launch Firefox
Customize „Lasso“
- In case some of the Sub-Menus or actions above are not relevant for you, just disable these in BTT.
- If you want to add additional functionality feel free to add it, as you like
Trigger Options
Of course you want „Lasso“ to be triggered by your mouse or trackpad and there are two ways to do so:
- Important: Make sure to save the current Mouse-Position in the variable "Lasso_Initial_Position" before you trigger the Lasso-Main-Menu.
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Trigger the Lasso-Main-Menu („Lasso_Main“) and from there go to the Sub-Menus. See example:
Normal Trigger.bttpreset (1.4 KB) -
Trigger the Lasso-Main-Menu and the Lasso-Sub-Menus with „Cycle through multiple actions (on repeated trigger)“ action. This way you can directly reach the Sub-Menus. See example:
Cycle through multiple actions.bttpreset (14.2 KB)
Open Topics / Next Steps:
- Activate „Allow Hover On Whole Pizza Slices“ once the misbehavior with the „Reset Floating Menu / item properties“ is fixed
- Hover effect sometimes not responsive
- If the tooltip is active, you need to click twice to activate
- Improve "Window Switcher" integration (find better settings)
Download Lasso
I had to zip the bttpreset because it was too large and hit the upload limit.
Lasso 1_0.bttpreset.zip (19.8 MB)
Have fun with "Lasso" - I hope you like it (!?)
Kind regards,
Volker