With iPadOS 13.4, hooking up a mouse to your iPad is a lot simpler than it was when iPadOS 13 first dropped, and the overall experience has improved, as well. And at long last, you can finally hook up Apple's own Magic Mouse 2 without diving deep into the Settings app or worrying about support dropping after iPadOS updates. Below, we'll show you how to hook everything up.
- Before connecting Evoluent VerticalMouse, go to the Applications folder to find and remove any existing Evoluent Mouse Manager and any other mouse software, except touchpad drivers, to avoid software conflict. USB wired or wireless receiver models: Insert the plug or receiver in a USB port.
- X Window System applications, which Mac OS X can also run, have been developed with the use of two or three-button mice in mind. While historically, most PC mice provided two buttons, only the primary button was standardized in use for MS-DOS and versions of Windows through 3.1x; support and functionality for additional buttons was application.
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How to set up a Bluetooth mouse on an iPad or iPhone
The easiest way to use a mouse with your iPad is to set it up with Bluetooth. Any old Bluetooth mouse should work. Before iPadOS 13.4, you had to dig in the Accessibility menu in order to pair some specific Bluetooth mice, but now you can do it straight through the regular Bluetooth interface.
Note: Unfortunately, if you want to use a Bluetooth mouse with your iPhone, you'll be better off using a third-party device. The Magic Mouse 2 doesn't appear to work at all. I could get the Magic Mouse 1 to pair, but only if I followed the pre-iOS 13.4 steps outlined below in the section 'How to set up a wired mouse on an iPhone' (after pairing the mouse through Bluetooth). You'll also need a PIN to pair a Magic Mouse with your iPhone, which is 0000.
But back to business.
First, make sure the Bluetooth mouse you want to use is unpaired with any Mac or PC. On the Mac, you can do this by going to the Settings app on your Mac, pressing Bluetooth, and then right-clicking on your mouse in the list you see. Click Remove and the mouse will unpair.
When you're ready to pair the device with your iPad, make sure you have Bluetooth turned on, and then set your mouse to pairing mode.
Go to the Settings app
Press Bluetooth.
Make sure Bluetooth is toggled on at the top. (The toggle will be green.)
Put your mouse into pairing mode. If your Magic Mouse 2 is unpaired, you should simply have to turn it off and on again for it to show up.
You should see your device appear under a header in the Bluetooth interface called Other Devices.
Press the name of your device.
You might get a 'Bluetooth Pairing Request.' If you do, press Pair.
Your mouse should immediately start working. You'll know it's working if you can see the new circular pointer moving around the screen.
You can customize your mouse experience by going to Settings > General > Trackpad & Mouse. There you can change the tracking speed and choose whether the 'Secondary Click' (i.e., 'right-click') will be on the right or the left. You can also turn off Apple's 'Natural Scrolling,' which I've personally never found natural.
How to set up a wired mouse on your iPad
You can also use a wired mouse with your iPad, but the setup is considerably more awkward than it is with Bluetooth. For one thing, you're going to have a hard time hooking up anything besides a generic optical mouse to anything below the iPad Pro and you'll likely get a message like the one below.
For another, you're going to need to buy the $29 USB-A to Lightning dongle before you can hook up most standard wired mice to iPhones and older and lower-end iPads. If you have a 2018 iPad Pro, you'll need the $19 USB-A to USB-C dongle. Once you've attached the dongle to your mouse, you should just be able to plug it in and it will start working—at least if you're on an iPad Pro.
If you're on a weaker iPad, you might see the warning above unless you're working on a weak, rinky-dink mouse like the HP N18ROU. That was the only model I had on hand that I could get to work on the latest iPad mini.
As with Bluetooth mice, you can change the tracking speed, the 'Secondary Click,' and turn off Natural Scrolling by going to Settings > General > Trackpad & Mouse.
How to set up a wired mouse on an iPhone
You still have to use the comparatively awkward pre-iOS 13.4 method of setting up a mouse on iOS if you want to use one with your iPhone. You'll almost certainly need a $29 USB-A to Lightning dongle for any iOS 13-compatible iPhone, and based on my tests with several different mice, only the most basic mice will work—even on a powerhouse like the iPhone 11 Pro.
Once you've hooked up your dongle and plugged the mouse into your iPhone:
Open the Settings app.
Scroll down to Accessibility and press it.
Press the Touch section.
In the next menu, you should see a menu item for AssistiveTouch at the top. It will likely read Off. Press it.
You'll then go to another menu. Turn on AssistiveTouch through the toggle at the top. It'll turn green if it's on.
After this, your wired mouse should start working, so long as it's basic enough to avoid the warning we saw in the iPad section. Again, you can change the tracking speed, the 'Secondary Click,' and turn off Natural Scrolling by going to Settings > General > Trackpad & Mouse.
Since Assistive Touch is now on, you may see a circular menu that stays on every screen, and which includes shortcuts to features like the Control Center or Siri. To hide it, you can go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch and then untoggle Always Show Menu. Even if you take this step, the menu will stay visible if you disconnect the mouse. To make it vanish, you'll have to turn off AssistiveTouch by redoing the numbered steps above.
Foot Pedals can complement your keyboarding providing greater comfort, higher productivity, and lessen wrist stress associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. The three pedal system will allow you to use one pedal for the shift key, one for the ctrl key and one for the alt. However, they are fully programmable to be any standard key on the keyboard, or to emulate a mouse click. For many users, the pain associated withmousing is caused by the action of clicking, not from moving the mouse.
Foot Mousing Devices
Accessories
Our Savant Elite2 Control Module and Single foot pedal is an excellent ergonomic enhancer to reduce hand and arm strain and repetition from mouse clicks and awkward key combinations. The 2-jack control module bundled with our Single pedal is ideal for situations where you want the smallest possible pedal, or where you need the pedal away from the control module.
The Control module has a 9 foot USB cable connecting to the computer, and the foot switch has its own 10 foot cable connecting to the control module with a mini-phono plug.
Factory programming provides left and right mouse click actions, and it's ideal for any user who wants to activate mouse clicks or offload one or two keying tasks.
Savant Elite2 uses generic HID (human interface device) drivers provided by the operating system. It can be operated and programmed without any special drivers in most environments supporting USB devices, including: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and Chrome.
In Play Mode the Savant Elite2 emulates a generic keyboard and mouse. In Programming Mode it emulates a generic keyboard and removable disk.
Programming Mode requires generic OS support for a removable disk, plus a text editing program or app that can edit and save a file as 'plain text' or 'simple text.' Most word processing and text editing programs have this capability.
- Plug and Play
- No special drivers needed to use or reprogram
- Pedal is front hinged, low-profile
- Pedal is force-adjustable
- Pedal actions defined by a tiny, editable text file residing on a memory chip
within the device - 2 jacks Factory Pre-configured to perform mouse button actions:
- Jack 2 (front jack) - Left mouse click
- Jack 1 (rear jack)- Right mouse click - Program any key action and/or macro
- Re-programmable on any computer or tablet with a USB port
to perform keyboard actions, macros, or to re-assign mouse button action - Recessed programming switch accessible from underside of unit
(except on waterproof units) - Programming Mode also accessible by holding a pedal briefly while
connecting USB cable to open virtual removable disk - Pedals are front-hinged and rounded for easy triggering,
made from black, glass-reinforced nylon - External green and red status LEDs
Product Specifications:
- Control module width: 5.5 inches
- Control module depth : 2.0 inches
- Control module height: 1.0 inches
- Control module Cord length: 9 feet 1 inch
- Foot Pedal Width: 2.6 inches
- Foot Pedal Depth (front to back): 3.5 inches
- Foot Pedal Height: 1.25 inches
- Foot Pedal Color: Black
- Foot Pedal Cord length: 10 feet
- Compatible with Windows: XP and newer
- Compatible with Mac: OS X
- Compatible with Linux
- Compatible with Android
- Compatible with Chrome
- USB Connection
Macintosh OS X notes: OS X doesn't support middle mouse button without using a third party driver such as that found at www.usboverdrive.com. Also, modifier actions from one USB device cannot modify the input of a second USB device due to limitations designed into the Apple operating system.Example: Shift, Control, Command, or Option keystrokes programmed into the foot pedal cannot modify the input of a separate USB keyboard or mouse. However, a key sequence like ‘Cmd-W' or ‘Cmd-Shift-left arrow' will work on a Macintosh if the entire sequence of keystrokes has been programmed into the foot pedal.
Description | Part Number | Price |
Control Module with Single Action Foot Switch | AFP10J | $139.00 |
Control Module only - 2 Input Jacks | AFPCMJ2 | $119.00 |
Control Module only - 4 Input Jacks | AFPCMJ4 | $129.00 |
Additional Foot Pedal with 10 foot long cable | AFSP1 | $30.00 |
Optional Hand trigger with 8 foot long cable | AFSHT | $34.95 |
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Accessories
Our Savant Elite2 Control Module and Single foot pedal is an excellent ergonomic enhancer to reduce hand and arm strain and repetition from mouse clicks and awkward key combinations. The 2-jack control module bundled with our Single pedal is ideal for situations where you want the smallest possible pedal, or where you need the pedal away from the control module.
The Control module has a 9 foot USB cable connecting to the computer, and the foot switch has its own 10 foot cable connecting to the control module with a mini-phono plug.
Factory programming provides left and right mouse click actions, and it's ideal for any user who wants to activate mouse clicks or offload one or two keying tasks.
Savant Elite2 uses generic HID (human interface device) drivers provided by the operating system. It can be operated and programmed without any special drivers in most environments supporting USB devices, including: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android and Chrome.
In Play Mode the Savant Elite2 emulates a generic keyboard and mouse. In Programming Mode it emulates a generic keyboard and removable disk.
Programming Mode requires generic OS support for a removable disk, plus a text editing program or app that can edit and save a file as 'plain text' or 'simple text.' Most word processing and text editing programs have this capability.
- Plug and Play
- No special drivers needed to use or reprogram
- Pedal is front hinged, low-profile
- Pedal is force-adjustable
- Pedal actions defined by a tiny, editable text file residing on a memory chip
within the device - 2 jacks Factory Pre-configured to perform mouse button actions:
- Jack 2 (front jack) - Left mouse click
- Jack 1 (rear jack)- Right mouse click - Program any key action and/or macro
- Re-programmable on any computer or tablet with a USB port
to perform keyboard actions, macros, or to re-assign mouse button action - Recessed programming switch accessible from underside of unit
(except on waterproof units) - Programming Mode also accessible by holding a pedal briefly while
connecting USB cable to open virtual removable disk - Pedals are front-hinged and rounded for easy triggering,
made from black, glass-reinforced nylon - External green and red status LEDs
Product Specifications:
- Control module width: 5.5 inches
- Control module depth : 2.0 inches
- Control module height: 1.0 inches
- Control module Cord length: 9 feet 1 inch
- Foot Pedal Width: 2.6 inches
- Foot Pedal Depth (front to back): 3.5 inches
- Foot Pedal Height: 1.25 inches
- Foot Pedal Color: Black
- Foot Pedal Cord length: 10 feet
- Compatible with Windows: XP and newer
- Compatible with Mac: OS X
- Compatible with Linux
- Compatible with Android
- Compatible with Chrome
- USB Connection
Macintosh OS X notes: OS X doesn't support middle mouse button without using a third party driver such as that found at www.usboverdrive.com. Also, modifier actions from one USB device cannot modify the input of a second USB device due to limitations designed into the Apple operating system.Example: Shift, Control, Command, or Option keystrokes programmed into the foot pedal cannot modify the input of a separate USB keyboard or mouse. However, a key sequence like ‘Cmd-W' or ‘Cmd-Shift-left arrow' will work on a Macintosh if the entire sequence of keystrokes has been programmed into the foot pedal.
Description | Part Number | Price |
Control Module with Single Action Foot Switch | AFP10J | $139.00 |
Control Module only - 2 Input Jacks | AFPCMJ2 | $119.00 |
Control Module only - 4 Input Jacks | AFPCMJ4 | $129.00 |
Additional Foot Pedal with 10 foot long cable | AFSP1 | $30.00 |
Optional Hand trigger with 8 foot long cable | AFSHT | $34.95 |
Click for Shipping/Handling charges.
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