Shake mouse to activate Find my mouse

[crutkas]

Description of the new feature / enhancement

From #14028, this was a top request.

Scenario when this would be used?

Leverages a common pattern for a user due to frustration.

Supporting information

No response

[maxkoshevoi]

I usually shake my Bluetooth mouse, so it would turn on, and I don't have a problem finding it afterwards. So this rule might also have a fare number of false positives

[crutkas]

@maxkoshevoi is your computer locked at the time when you do this?

I think at a certain point, if we have a few options, people will pick what is best for them

[maxkoshevoi]

is your computer locked at the time when you do this?

It can be in any state (sometimes on, sometimes off), mouse turns off my itself if I don't use it, regardless of what computer is doing

if we have a few options, people will pick what is best for them

Exactly! I'm saying that this feature should be more customizable, currently I have to disable it cause of a lot of false positives: #14651

[crutkas]

I think if we tune this, it should be fine like how on a Mac it needs a rather large sum of shaking to enable.

[crutkas]

#14651 would be a sibling issue to this

[crutkas]

Actually, @jaimecbernardo i'd prioritize #14651 over this i think. This requires tuning while #14651 is pretty straight forward. what are your thoughts

[jaimecbernardo]

@crutkas #14651 actually needs some refactoring. Initial implementation depends on DirectInput, which is great for things like the double control, but not so much for other methods. Nothing that can't be solved with a Combobox to chose between double-control, triple-control or set your own shortcut.

[crutkas]

This is fixed with 0.561. Please head over to https://aka.ms/installpowertoys

[htcfreek]

@jaimecbernardo
Mouse utility docs are out of date