Middle click failure plagues nearly every mouse I’ve owned, OEM, Logitech, wired, or wireless. I take full advantage of the middle click shortcuts like opening links in new tabs, but I don’t think I’m putting it through undue stress either. As far as I can tell, I’m clicking it with the same force as I would the other mouse buttons and much less frequently than the left click.
Failure usually starts with occasional missed middle clicks, which after some point, rapidly progresses until it’s failing to register more often than not. At that point, everything else will still work perfectly. No improvement even if I take it apart to clean out what little dirt had accumulated.
One of my mice has managed to avoid this fate far longer than the others but I’ve just recently stopped using it due to the rubberized exterior turning all gooey and sticky. The only middle mouse buttons that seem immune to all of this are the ones on ThinkPads. Anyone else notice this or could recommend a good mouse that can stand up to a bit of middle-clicking?
Nope. The he only issues I’ve ever had were with the left button.
The first mouse that failed on me failed because my cat chewed the cable and damaged it. I recently had my 2nd mouse failure, my Kensington wireless trackball died. Seems to be a power issue. I think I can fix it, we’ll see. Never had a mouse button fail on me yet.
Nope. I never use it. And I honestly never use the side buttons it has either.
Nope, it’s either right click or the goddamn scroll that fails.
The middle scroll wheel on my mouse creaks like a 19th century door while scrolling and clicking, and of course not repairable…
I’ve killed dozens of mice and in every single one, left-clicking was the first to break.
The most common mouse problem I experience is when the left click or right click buttons intermittently double click on a single click. The second most common problem is when a button won’t stay “down” when I’m holding down the button, causing erratic drag-and-drop behaviour. I’ve actually never experienced your middle click problem.
If I had to take a guess, it’s probably the most complex mechanical part in a mouse. The other buttons don’t have the added extra movements. I’ve had the same Razor Deathadder for like 15 years, still going strong. I’m just glad they don’t have actual rolling balls in them anymore.
Yup, for me it is the middle click the reason I’m buying new mice.
Tho I don’t think many people are actually aware of the utility of the roller click. This is why I usually pass the broken ones down to my family lolDidn’t really use it that often, and it stopped working right as I was playing Sekiro, which was annoying because I had to remap the target button elsewhere
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Try to open the mouse and clean it sometimes dust/lint gets trapped and causes this.
Middle click? Jokes on you I use a trackball.
Nope. Right click every time.
Finally bought a mouse with optical switches.
Optical switches? How did I not know about this earlier? As someone who has thrown away several mice due to missed clicks or unwanted double clicks, optical switches sound like a game changer. Thank you.
Would you share which one?
Razer Viper V1.
Would have bought something else if I knew you could only change the device’s onboard button mapping using windows. Yes, you can remap it in software, but that’s not the point. I shouldn’t have to set up some hacky bullshit to do something that the manufacturer didn’t feel like supporting or documenting.
I replaced my last mouse because the mmb was getting excessively squeaky and wouldn’t scroll unless depressed, which made map navigation/zooming in certain games difficult.
