# Mouse actions not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs or Unexpected Behavior\ **Created:** [November 16, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/mouse-actions-not-working/40330 "2024-11-16T02:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bcarp](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@bcarp](https://community.folivora.ai/u/bcarp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/mouse-actions-not-working/40330/1 "2024-11-16T02:16:08Z")
**Describe the bug** Mouse actions don't work in BTT. See screen shot below. The mouse actions never work. They are disabled in the screenshot, but I mean they don't work when they are enabled. In the screenshot, I've used a Terminal command cliclick to do the mouse clicking, which works. But when I try using the BTT native mouse actions, the mouse just stays still, doesn't move, doesn't click. * * * ## **Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):** Not applicable. **Screenshots** ![Screen Shot 2024-11-16 at 13.09.57 scaled_1600](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8b8bb2a9c8d381b275bdbf31a7d49936719fd62.jpeg) * * * **Device information:** - Type of Mac: MacBook Pro M4 16" - macOS version: 15.1 - BetterTouchTool version: 4.832 * * * **Additional information (e.g. crash logs, related issues, etc.):** No crashes. Just doesn't happen. ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/mouse-actions-not-working/40330/2 "2024-11-16T06:59:26Z")
I can't think of a reason why they would not work, these are some of the most used actions in BTT. However when setting it up like this, the movements and clicks would basically be executed instantly - not giving the UI time to react. You would only see the mouse moving to the last position in the sequence, the rest will be too fast to see Usually you would need little delays between the clicks/moves. ---
**Author:** ![bcarp](https://community.folivora.ai/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@bcarp](https://community.folivora.ai/u/bcarp)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/mouse-actions-not-working/40330/3 "2024-11-16T11:28:28Z")
Ah, thank you. Adding the delays helped. It also allowed me to see the cursor moving, which is where I've realised that BTT calls the Y-axis in negative numbers, whereas the Command-Shift-4 screenshot cursor (as well as the cliclick command) calls the Y-axis in positive numbers. Having corrected the Y-axis to negative numbers, it mostly works. The "drag mouse to position x,y" only does a move mouse, not a drag mouse. This command is shown in the attached screenshot. The workaround it to use the more clunky start drag, delay, move mouse, delay, stop drag sequence in the screenshot. ![Screen Shot 2024-11-16 at 22.26.41 scaled_1200](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/6/b/6b97a920fb64a1ed455f3acb79e8a2156e2e7101.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/mouse-actions-not-working/40330/4 "2024-11-16T11:39:57Z")
that’s true the drag option just generates drag events instead of move events but the start and end drag need to happen separately. I think I can add an option to automatically include them, which should be fine for most usecases ---
**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/mouse-actions-not-working/40330/5 "2024-11-16T16:36:33Z")
The drag option should now work as expected in 4.874 (uploading)! Also I added a new "animated" mouse move option that will fluidly move the mouse cursor to the new position. ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/f/e/fe5a1aa67f6052483aeb26834a1b4a936387ae88.jpeg) //edit some more drag related options added in 4.877 - especially usefull when chaining multiple drag actions