Mouse frequently stuck in right-click mode

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
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I have this happening on 2 separate computers, I've tried disabling rules and it still occurs. The only fix is to restart BTT.

Sometimes weekly, sometimes daily, my mouse will get stuck in right-click mode and my keyboard also won't work as expected.

If i'm able to click on the BTT menubar item and restart- it fixes.

Have this happening on 2 different MBPs both on macOS 15, both on prod (non-alpha) release of BTT. Screenshot of my rules attached.

  • Type of Mac: MBP 14" M1
  • macOS version: 15.5 (24F74)
  • BetterTouchTool version: 5.444

Thanks!

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I can confirm that this happens to me as well. However I'm not sure how to reproduce it.

3

Unfortunately I have not encountered similar so far, if you can find any pattern as to when this happens please let me know! From your screenshot I can't see anything that would affect right-clicks

4

it happens daily. on 2 machines w/o shared credentials. been happening for months. can i help you debug somehow? is there a log/console i can help with? it's driving me insane :slight_smile:

5

Had the same issue today, observed it after MacBook wake from sleep. On desktop, it felt like Control was pressed (context menus shown instead of left-click), while in Finder it felt like Option was pressed (when I clicked "Applications" folder in the sidebar, it opened in the new window, which happens when user holds Option key). The problems gone after quitting BTT.

Below is the list of all configured actions if that helps.

macOS 15.7.5, MBP M1, BTT 6.521

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6

still happens to me as well. about once a week now. only fix is to restart BTT from menu bar item. this forces me to keep it as a menu bar item when id prefer to hide it.

7

the most likely reason for this is having a action sequence that sends a keyboard shortcut that includes ctrl but is set to only send the key down events - in which case the ctrl key will stay pressed. Best check the recently used section if it happens

8

ok good to remember. i suppose this includes any hyper key command i have setup then?

9

it only depends on what is executed when triggering- it can be caused by any trigger if it has a „send shortcut“ action assigned that only sends the key down events

10

Hi. I hunted down this form because I was also running into this debilitating issue with no explanation. I reproduced the exact situation that causes this "stuck in right hold down state"). even quitting BTT doesn't consistently solve this for me.

This is the trigger/action that is causing it:
Middle Click + Scroll Down
Action: Zoom In: 1

That's it. I disabled every other trigger and narrowed it to that. Also sometimes I can get back to functional state by doing the middle click while scrolling action again. Things get more complicated because I normally have both middle click + scroll down AND middle click + scroll up set to zoom in/out, and it's been more difficult to get out of the weird held state. Anyways maybe this helps to reproduce.

11

I have the same error. Can`t figure out what is causing the problem. Even disabling BTT for all apps does not solve the problem. Only quitting BTT helps.

I am on Sequoia 15.7.5 and BTT 6.503 ... But had the error since a couple month and versions.

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Did you see this? It is almost always caused by incorrectly configured keyboard shortcut that is being sent by some of your triggers.