What are the keyboard-ish mouses called?

[Sun Chariot]

Hello, I’m into digital art and will buy a Cintiq soon. The problem is, their ‘express key’, a remote keypad, is unreasonably expensive and also unavailable in my country. I’ve seen people use mouses with many keys (not hotkeys, but those will do too) on the upper side much like a keyboard, they did not look like normal mouses as they actually didn’t seem to have m1 m2 and scroll. I can’t provide an image as I don’t know how yo find them. Does anybody know what those are called? And do you recommend any?

 

+ I just noticed after posting, they probably do have m1 and m2 as they are mouses, but I don’t remember seeing them where they usually are.

Edited July 9, 2020 by Sun Chariot

[Zando_]

Ones like these?

Those are usually called RPG/MMO mice, pretty easy to search for. 

[Oswin]

does it look like this ?

 

[minibois]

1 minute ago, Sun Chariot said:

Hello, I’m into digital art and will buy a Cintiq soon. The problem is, their ‘express key’, a remote keypad, is unreasonably expensive and also unavailable in my country. I’ve seen people use mouses with many keys (not hotkeys, but those will do too) on the upper side much like a keyboard, they did not look like normal mouses as they actually didn’t seem to have m1 m2 and scroll. I can’t provide an image as I don’t know how yo find them. Does anybody know what those are called? And do you recommend any?

Are you looking for for a mouse with many buttons (i.e. like the Razer Naga) or a mouse and keyboard built into each other (which is usually called an 'airmouse')?

Personally I would recommend the latter, or a simple small keyboard (which may prove to be more comfortable).

[Dissitesuxba11s]

Mouse and keyboard in one?

 

[vanished]

You can also find stand alone num pads

 

 

With the right software these can be mapped to anything.  If you want more macro/button knowledge, LTT's Taran has many videos on that

[Sun Chariot]

1 hour ago, Oswin said:

does it look like this ?

 

Yes, exactly! What are these usually called?

[Oswin]

5 minutes ago, Sun Chariot said:

Yes, exactly! What are these usually called?

then its not a mouse its a gaming keypad

 

the one i am showing is a razer orbweaver

[Sun Chariot]

1 hour ago, minibois said:

Are you looking for for a mouse with many buttons (i.e. like the Razer Naga) or a mouse and keyboard built into each other (which is usually called an 'airmouse')?

Personally I would recommend the latter, or a simple small keyboard (which may prove to be more comfortable).

I googled airmouse but mostly tv remote controls showed up. I’ll buy a small keyboard like you said if I can’t find what I’m looking for. Thanks!

[Sun Chariot]

4 minutes ago, Oswin said:

then its not a mouse its a gaming keypad

 

the one i am showing is a razer orbweaver

Oh so that’s he case haha. I saw it being used without a mouse to go with it so I just assumed it also functioned as a mouse. Thank you!

[Oswin]

Just now, Sun Chariot said:

Oh so that’s he case haha. I saw it being used without a mouse to go with it so I just assumed it also functioned as a mouse. Thank you!

it does have a thumbpad which i believe can be used to control the cursor.

[Morale]

3 hours ago, Oswin said:

it does have a thumbpad which i believe can be used to control the cursor.

The thumb pad isnt a joystick unfortunately. you could set it up to control the cursor, but it would be rather od.