HotkeyP has some options to use a keyboard/mouse shortcut only in some parts of the window, but that parameter is the same in FC for file panel and tab panel, so it can't be used.
Another way is to use more commands for middle button, but it cause some other problems.
- It's possible to use option "Select with right mouse button" if using NC-mode.
You can still hold the right button to show the context menu.
There are still the other options, to close the tab you can use double-click, tab bar X button, tab X button.
Forez wrote: ↑11.08.2022, 12:32I need to be able to select items when using only a mouse - which happens when I am laying on a bed thus with my head being afar from the monitor
It's OT, but you could try the mouse shortcuts, I'm using they (with the HotkeyP only), they are very useful, not just for FC, for example:
- side buttons + wheel
- side buttons + left/middle/right buttons
- right button + wheel
- right button + left/middle button
- combinations for wheel tilt (if available)
I'm using just mouse to: switch tabs, close tab, refresh, back/forward, switch window (alt+tab), change volume, mute, play/pause, seek audio/video, zoom, copy, paste&go.
Anyway, if you want more help with these non-FC shortcuts, it's better to use the HotkeyP "forum":
https://sourceforge.net/p/hotkeyp/discussion/general/