Hey, I'm planning to get a gaming mouse soon with extra buttons on the sides in addition to the regular left click and right click. This is going to be my first mouse with more than 2 buttons and I was wondering if I would be able to use those extra buttons on the mouse in Minecraft to set different actions. Ex: Button 5 would correspond the slot 2, Button 6 would correspond to drop, etc. Can I do that? (and how?) Thank you so much.
Minecraft can bind hotbar slots to mouse 3 & 4, so that would work however you wouldn't be able to press the numbers on the keyboard to pick the slot anymore. Depending on which mouse you get, it works better to bind the side buttons to the respective number on the keyboard to simulate pressing the keyboard key.
Would probably work okay, but i'd really spend a bit more to get something from Logitech, Corsair, Roccat, SteelSeries, Mionix etc if I were you. A good mouse will last you years and will have decent software and features to go with it. A cheaper one probably won't.
Which mouse are you getting?
K95 RGB / Logitech G502 PS / Alienware AW3418DW / ViewSonic XG2703-GS / Sennheiser HD 598
K95 RGB / Logitech G502 PS / Alienware AW3418DW / ViewSonic XG2703-GS / Sennheiser HD 598