Here's how to map your mouse's extra buttons to get more use out of them. Don't leave your mouse's potential untapped.

Basically I'm looking for a way to have it so that when I hold down one of the side buttons on my mouse, it acts as though I'm holding down the shift key on the keyboard.

X-Mouse Button Control also offers a neat “Button Chording” feature, which lets you press two mouse buttons at once to trigger additional actions. (It’s now how I prefer to open Task View on ...