LinearMouse v0.7.0-beta.1 is now available. This major release contains some notable changes.

Known issues

This version is not fully compatible with macOS Catalina. It crashes when the Preferences window is opened. I will look into it soon.

Brand new UI

To match the style of macOS Ventura, I designed a brand new UI for LinearMouse.

The navigation buttons have been relocated to the sidebar, and an indicator of the current device has been added above.

Per-device settings

You can choose which device to configure in the Preferences. By default, LinearMouse automatically chooses the active device (that is, the device you are using).

To achieve this, I designed a new configuration syntax for LinearMouse. If you are an advanced user, you can directly edit the JSON file to achieve more flexible and complex configurations.

Configuration migration

You do not have to reconfigure your devices. LinearMouse will automatically migrate the configuration for you if LinearMouse is upgraded from previous versions.

Under the hood, it generates a configuration scheme for all mouse devices:

{
  "schemes" : [
    {
      "if" : {
        "device" : {
          "category" : "mouse"
        }
      },
      // ...omitted
  ]
}

You may remove the configuration file at ~/.config/linearmouse/linearmouse.json if you want to clear the migration and reconfigure your devices.

What's next?

Thanks to the new configuration syntax, per-app settings and more complex rules are also easy to implement, if the UI is not considered.

I will implement the functionalities first so that advanced users can configure it via JSON.