Mighty mouse: left-handed

hi,
i want to use my mouse as a left handed mouse.
i configured the secondary button to ben on the left, just worked.
but i notice when i move the mouse up, down, left or right it moves diagonally.
i understand this is because right handed people hold the mouse like this: \ but i hold the mouse like this /, so it moves diagonally.
is there any way to change this?
i could not find anything in preferences, do i need to search better or maybe i can change it by setting one of those defaults write com.apple.whatever by terminal?

pepsel wrote:
hi,
i want to use my mouse as a left handed mouse.
i configured the secondary button to ben on the left, just worked.
but i notice when i move the mouse up, down, left or right it moves diagonally.
i understand this is because right handed people hold the mouse like this: \ but i hold the mouse like this /, so it moves diagonally.
is there any way to change this?
i could not find anything in preferences, do i need to search better or maybe i can change it by setting one of those defaults write com.apple.whatever by terminal?
I am ambidextrous but I hold the mouse "vertically, like this | " not on a slant, whichever hand I use.
If I do tilt it slightly, I do not see any angle movement - perhaps I automatically compensate for it??
You are asking for some kind of anti-skew option. You might search for some 3rd party software to do it. AFAIK, there is no standard built-in setting for what you are looking for.

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