Replacing Logitech Options with Hammerspoon
14 Dec 2018 ⚠️ This post is over 6 years old. It may no longer be up to date.The recent security vulnerability in the Logitech Options app prompted me to see if I could achieve the same functionality without it. All I really care about is to bind the 4th and 5th buttons (the ones on the side by the second scroll wheel) to back and forward in Chrome, and the 6th button (the thumb rest) to open Mission Control. I’m already using Hammerspoon for a few things, so this seemed like the best place to start.
After a bit of digging it turns out that the thumb rest button is sending Ctrl + Alt + Tab, which can be easily bound to opening the Mission Control app:
hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl"}, "Tab", function()
hs.application.launchOrFocus("Mission Control.app")
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To capture the mouse buttons we can use hs.eventtap, and send the back and forward shortcuts if the current application is chrome:
hs.eventtap.new(hs.eventtap.event.types.middleMouseUp, function(event)
button = event:getProperty(hs.eventtap.event.properties.mouseEventButtonNumber)
current_app = hs.application.frontmostApplication()
google_chrome = hs.application.find("Google Chrome")
if (current_app == google_chrome) then
if (button == 3) then
hs.eventtap.keyStroke({"cmd"}, "[")
end
if (button == 4) then
hs.eventtap.keyStroke({"cmd"}, "]")
end
end
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