Trigger different behaviors on double and triple clicks with same modifier.

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Hi,

From this post : Triple Click vs. Double Click

It seems that what I want to achieve seems impossible but I still think asking might be worth it.

I would like to have :

  • "option + double left click" to make the window under the mouse half of the screen (left or right depending on mouse position)
  • "option + triple left click" to make the window under the mouse a third of the screen (again side depends on mouse position)

Here is what I have made so far for the right side but triple click seems to trigger both and the window being resized to half the screen seems to take precedence.

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By the way, the "double" and "triple" click triggers are labelled with a duplicate in their name.

Thanks in advance for your help,
Aurel

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It is tricky, you would need to do it like this:

Double click triggers a named delayed action execution after something like 0.2 seconds.
Triple click cancels that delayed execution.

Have a look at this:

double_triple.bttpreset (6.1 KB)

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Nice, that's useful. Unfortunately, BTT does not seem to block the predefined action of an app. So it triggers both actions. But I can change the modifier, all good. :smiley:

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you probably would need to block the single click as well, but them you couldn’t do opt+click in the app anymore

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Using Fn instead of opt is perfect. None of my apps have predefined actions with this combination. At least, none that I know of so far.

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Thanks, for your quick answer, it works like a charm !

I will see if I should change the modifier between Option or Fn.

I added percent_x_hovered_win_btm_left conditions. (<=33 ; >33 & <=66 ; >66)
Here is what I have now :

Modifier + Double click :

  • on left of hovered window -> Maximize left half
  • on middle of hovered window -> Maximize
  • on right of hovered window -> Maximize right half

Modifier + Triple click :

  • on left of hovered window -> Resize to left third
  • on middle of hovered window -> Resize to middle third
  • on right of hovered window -> Resize to right third

It feels really cool (maybe even better than what I used to have with XFCE)

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