MouseExtender Features


1. Mouse button configuration
2. Add items to ME using Drag&Drop!
3. Group your items by tabs
4. Add Web Address
5. Customize item as you want. User can change launch arguments,tool-tips, icons, etc.
6. Shutdown/sleep/hibernate with timer
7. Automatic updates checking
8. Sort Items using Drag&Drop
9. Stylized controls
10. Enable/Disable option from tray icon context menu
11. About information
12. Localization
13. MouseExtender automatically adds web site icon and title for Web address

1. Mouse button configuration.

Now you are able to configure what mouse button and what system key (alt, shift, etc) Mouse Extender will react on.

MouseExtender: mouse button configuration

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2. Add items to ME using Drag&Drop!

You can add items to ME in a very easy and fast way – using drag&drop!

MouseExtender: add items using drag&dropMouseExtender: add items using drag&drop MouseExtender: add items using drag&drop

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You can group items with Tabs in order to organise them. ME always has at least one tab (by default “Main”).
MouseExtender: tabs
MouseExtender: tabs


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4.    Add Web Address

Now Mouse Extender can contains not only programs and files but web addresses also!

MouseExtender: add web address

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After adding a new item to Mouse Extender you can customize it. Right click on item you want to change and select “Edit Item” in context menu.
MouseExtender: customize items

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6.    Shutdown/sleep/hibernate with timer.

You are about to leave home or office. Are you want your computer playing music when you are going out or is about to sleep?
Or can’t you wait when downloading of file would be finished? Set up shutdown timer! You have ability to schedule any action you want (Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate).

MouseExtender: shutdown/sleep/hibernate with timer

You have ability to change scale period in order to quickly select required time interval with slider.

MouseExtender: shutdown/sleep/hibernate with timer

The following scale periods are available:
1. Minute
2. Hour
3. Ten hours
4. One Day

Thus you can schedule your action from several seconds up to one day period

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7.    Automatic updates checking

You like Mouse Extender and want to have ME updated? Then you need setup automatic updates checking!
MouseExtender: automatic updates checking
You will be notified when new version is available.
MouseExtender: automatic updates checking

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8.    Sort Items using Drag&Drop

After you added all items that you want, you can reorder them like you want using drag&drop.
MouseExtender: sort items using drag&drop

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9.    Stylized controls

Next steps in keeping consistent design for Mouse Extender. Some controls were stylized in a single manner.
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10.  Enable/Disable option from tray icon context menu.

If you want to temporary turn off ME functionality, you do not need to close ME itself. Just disable it using tray icon context menu.

MouseExtender: enable/disable option from tray icon context menu

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MouseExtender now has “About” dialog. You can find there interesting information and helpful hyperlinks.
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Version 1.6 supports English and Russian. Other languages will be added in subsequent releases. Details you can find here.
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Now 2 new action are performed during adding new web address or updating existing. MouseExtender tries to check web site address you provided and extract information regarding web site icon (favicon) and title of the home page.

If you want to see your tooltip updated on new web address just leave ‘Tooltip’ field empty:

MouseExtender automatically adds Favicon and title for Web address

In several second web site will be analyzed and your default web address icon will be updated with favicon added (if possible) and title set (if found):

MouseExtender automatically adds Favicon and title for Web address

In this way you can easily organize your favorites web sites at one tab and have quick access any of them instead of keeping them as your bookmarks in browser

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