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OtinG · 03-19-2021, 07:54 PM

I purchased a Logitech Pebble M350 mouse for use with my iPad Air 2020. It is a fairly simple BT mouse with left and right buttons, a scrolling wheel for scrolling, and the scrolling wheel can be pressed as a third button. I wanted to set it up. The BT setup was straightforward and fast. Setting the mouse options, well not so much. I had to do a LOT of searching to find the available options, and I’m not certain I’ve found them all.

BTW, the mouse works well with my iPad Air 2020 with one exception; scrolling. Scrolling usually works okay, but it sometimes fails to work. Sometime it is because you click on a link and go to another screen, in which case you need to click the left mouse button inside the screen to regain use of scrolling. Other failures are for no apparent reason.

Here are the mouse settings and locations to find them:

Settings —> Accessibility —> Touch —> AssistiveTouch —>

set AssistiveTouch On or Off

Settings —> Accessibility —> Touch —> AssistiveTouch —> Devices —> [your mouse]

Customize Additional Buttons
set Button 1
set Button 2
set Button 3

Settings —> General —> Trackpad and Mouse —>

set Tracking Speed
set Natural Scrolling On or Off
set Mouse Secondary Click to Left or Right button

Settings —> Accessibility —> Pointer Control —>

set Increase Contrast On or Off
set Automatically Hide Pointer On or Off
set Color
set Pointer Size
set Pointer Animations On or Off
set Scrolling Speed

ETA: To use a shortcut to quickly enable or disable AssistiveTouch:

Settings —> Accessibility —> Accessibility Shortcuts —>

select the AssistiveTouch option. (You can select multiple options.)

Settings —> Control Center —>

verify Access Within Apps is set to On
under More Controls, tap the + symbol beside Accessibility Shortcuts to move it to Included Controls

03-19-2021, 07:54 PM	#1
OtinG Old Gadget Guy Posts: 1,913 Karma: 6854865 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Oasis 3, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPad mini 6, iPad Air 2020, Alexa Devices	It is time to play where the #$%@ did Apple hide those mouse settings I purchased a Logitech Pebble M350 mouse for use with my iPad Air 2020. It is a fairly simple BT mouse with left and right buttons, a scrolling wheel for scrolling, and the scrolling wheel can be pressed as a third button. I wanted to set it up. The BT setup was straightforward and fast. Setting the mouse options, well not so much. I had to do a LOT of searching to find the available options, and I’m not certain I’ve found them all. BTW, the mouse works well with my iPad Air 2020 with one exception; scrolling. Scrolling usually works okay, but it sometimes fails to work. Sometime it is because you click on a link and go to another screen, in which case you need to click the left mouse button inside the screen to regain use of scrolling. Other failures are for no apparent reason. Here are the mouse settings and locations to find them: Settings —> Accessibility —> Touch —> AssistiveTouch —> set AssistiveTouch On or Off *Settings —> Accessibility —> Touch —> AssistiveTouch —> Devices —> [your mouse]* Customize Additional Buttons set Button 1 set Button 2 set Button 3 Settings —> General —> Trackpad and Mouse —> set Tracking Speed set Natural Scrolling On or Off set Mouse Secondary Click to Left or Right button Settings —> Accessibility —> Pointer Control —> set Increase Contrast On or Off set Automatically Hide Pointer On or Off set Color set Pointer Size set Pointer Animations On or Off set Scrolling Speed ETA: To use a shortcut to quickly enable or disable AssistiveTouch: Settings —> Accessibility —> Accessibility Shortcuts —> select the AssistiveTouch option. (You can select multiple options.) Settings —> Control Center —> verify Access Within Apps is set to On under More Controls, tap the + symbol beside Accessibility Shortcuts to move it to Included Controls Last edited by OtinG; 03-20-2021 at 07:54 PM.