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@@ -220,9 +220,11 @@ Additionally, by default, `pointing_device_send()` will only send a report when
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Also, you use the `has_mouse_report_changed(new, old)` function to check to see if the report has changed.
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-## Example
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+## Examples
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-In the following example, a custom key is used to click the mouse and scroll 127 units vertically and horizontally, then undo all of that when released - because that's a totally useful function. Listen, this is an example:
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+### Custom Mouse Keycode
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+In this example, a custom key is used to click the mouse and scroll 127 units vertically and horizontally, then undo all of that when released - because that's a totally useful function.
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```c
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case MS_SPECIAL:
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@@ -242,3 +244,33 @@ case MS_SPECIAL:
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```
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Recall that the mouse report is set to zero (except the buttons) whenever it is sent, so the scrolling would only occur once in each case.
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+### Drag Scroll or Mouse Scroll
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+A very common implementation is to use the mouse movement to scroll instead of moving the cursor on the system. This uses the `pointing_device_task_user` callback to intercept and modify the mouse report before it's sent to the host system.
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+```c
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+enum custom_keycodes {
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+ DRAG_SCROLL = SAFE_RANGE,
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+};
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+bool set_scrolling = false;
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+report_mouse_t pointing_device_task_user(report_mouse_t mouse_report) {
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+ if (set_scrolling) {
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+ mouse_report.h = mouse_report.x;
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+ mouse_report.v = mouse_report.y;
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+ mouse_report.x = mouse_report.y = 0
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+ }
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+ return mouse_report;
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+}
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+bool process_record_user(uint16_t keycode, keyrecord_t *record) {
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+ if (keycode == DRAG_SCROLL && record->event.pressed) {
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+ set_scrolling = !set_scrolling;
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+ }
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+ return true;
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+}
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+```
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+This allows you to toggle between scrolling and cursor movement by pressing the DRAG_SCROLL key.
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