# Mouse Clicks: Configure different functionality for long or short presses

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BetterTouchTool 3.960 added support for configuring long press actions for any mouse button.  
Here is a small tutorial on how to set this up:

**Configuring the long press**  
1.) Go to the "Normal Mouse" section in BTT. (Even if you want to configure a long press for Trackpad or Magic Mouse left/right clicks).

2.) Add a new trigger and record the button you want to use for the long press.

3.) Go to the advanced settings and set a minimum hold time. If you press the button for this amount of time, the actions for this trigger will be executed. You can also decide whether you want to allow mouse movement - or whether the long press should not be executed if the mouse has moved after pressing. (This can be helpful if you use the button for dragging stuff around)

 ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/0/7/070296efbde9627d4e66759249615cfebc5e6d01.jpeg)

**Configuring a separate action for short press**  
4.) Add another trigger and configure it for the same mouse button. However this time choose to "Trigger on mouse up". Then set a "Maximum hold time" that is smaller than what you have configured in step 3. By doing this it this one will not trigger after a long press.

 ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/7/b/7b3acb198f6541b9b1c8061cf78b6bada8b2c806.jpeg)

Using combinations of "minimum hold time" and "maximum hold time" you can even configure different actions based on the duration of your button press (this works only on mouse up).

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