How to configure Surface Mobile Mouse with Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center

1 How to configure Surface Mobile Mouse with Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center

To configure Surface Mobile Mouse, make sure you’ve done the following requirements.

1. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center on your computer. Check out here how to download and install the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center.
2. Make sure you have successfully connected Surface Mobile Mouse to your computer. Check out here how to connect a Surface Mobile Mouse to your computer.
3. Now you can proceed to open the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center from the start menu. If everything goes well, you will see the Surface Mobile Mouse configurations interface below:
   

Now you’re are good to go. Read on to see what you can do with your Surface Mobile Mouse.

2 How to remap the left button on Surface Mobile Mouse

One of the basic and important features is the ability to swap between the left and right clicks. And you can do that with Surface Mobile Mouse. To remap the left button click action on Surface Mobile Mouse:

1. On the main configuration page, select the Left button.
   
2. You’ll be directed to the Left button configuration page with the following options.
   

On the “Left button” settings page, you can remap the left button and click into:

• Click (default) – keep the default click action.
• Right-click – change it into a right-click action for those who are left-handed people.

3 How to remap the right button on Surface Mobile Mouse

For the same reason, you can also swap the right-click into the left-click on Surface Mobile Mouse. To remap the right button click action on Surface Mobile Mouse:

1. On the main configuration page, select the Right button.
   
2. You’ll be directed to the Right button configuration page with the following options.
   

On the “Right button” settings page, you can remap the right button and click into:

• Right-click (default) – keep the default right-click action.
• Click – change it into a left-click action for those who are left-handed people.

4 How to configure scroll behavior on Surface Mobile Mouse

You can also customize the scrolling behavior of the Surface Mobile Mouse as well in the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center. To do so:

1. On the configuration page, select Wheel.
   
2. You’ll be directed to the Wheel settings configuration page with the following options.
   

In this configuration page you can turn on/off and set a specific value for the following scrolling behaviors:

1. Vertical Scrolling – Enable/disable the vertical scrolling (two fingers swipe up/down). You can also set a scrolling speed as well.
2. Accelerated Vertical Scrolling – Accelerated scrolling lets you cover more distance in a document when you scroll quickly. This is useful if you frequently scroll through long documents or Web pages.
3. Flip Scrolling Direction – Reverse the direction of vertical scrolling.

5 How to configure “Wheel button click” on Surface Mobile Mouse

In Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, you can also assign a specific action for the wheel button on your Surface Mobile Mouse. To assign an action to the wheel button click on Surface Mobile Mouse:

1. On the configuration page, select the Wheel button.
   
2. You’ll be directed to the Wheel button configuration page with the following options.
   

There are 6 different types of actions you can assign for the “wheel button click” on the Surface Mobile Mouse:

1. Option 1: Middle-click (default) – Use the default middle-click action (aka. scroll wheel click).
2. Option 2: Key Combination – It will allow you to manually specify a key combination interface as below:
   
3. Option 3: Macro: Macros are sequences of events (such as keystrokes, mouse clicks, and time delays) that can be used to help with repetitive tasks and sequences that are long or difficult to do manually. After you create a macro, you can assign it to a key or a mouse button so that you can run it easily. For more information: See Creating macros.
   
4. Option 4: View all commands: it will allow you to map the wheel button click into one of the following commands:
   
5. Option 5: Disable this button.

Here are all preset commands that are available for assigning.

• Windows commands
  • Task View
  • Add new desktop
  • Previous Desktop
  • Next Desktop
  • Close Desktop
  • Snap Windows Left
  • Snap Windows Right
  • Snap Windows Up
  • Snap Windows Down
  • Open Action Center
  • Open Cortana
  • Show/Hide App Commands
  • Search
  • Connect
  • Settings
  • Go to Windows Start
  • Close
  • Exit Program
  • Show/Hide Desktop
  • Next Window
  • Previous Window
• Browser Commands
  • Browser Back
  • Browser Forward
• Content Commands
  • Copy (Ctrl+C)
  • Cut (Ctrl+X)
  • Delete
  • Paste (Ctrl+V)
  • Undo (Ctrl+Z)
  • Redo (Ctrl+Y)
  • Page Up
  • Page Down
  • Print Screen
• Document commands
  • New
  • Open
• Key commands
  • Alt
  • Ctrl
  • Shift
  • Enter

6 How to configure DPI settings on Surface Mobile Mouse

You can also specify a specific DPIs (dots per linear inch) value for Surface Mobile Mouse to adapt to your specific preference and environment. To do so:

1. On the main configuration page, select DPI Settings.
2. You’ll be directed to the DPI Settings configuration page with the following options.

On this configuration page, you can indicate a value ranging from 400 to 1800. The setting will take effect immediately, so you can know which value will work well for you.

7 How to restore default settings on Surface Mobile Mouse

Have you messed up the settings and want to return all the settings to their default values? there is an option for that. To do so:

1. After you have made any changes from the default settings, the main configuration will show up a new option called Restore Defaults which allows you to return all the settings you’ve made changes to their original value. Select the Restore Defaults.
2. It will show up another two buttons, click Restore to restore all the default settings.