Panning with a non-Apple mouse

I'm using a Razer Orochi, and I want to be able to pan (horizontal and/or vertical scrolling, the same way as a two-finger drag on a touchpad) by moving it. Is there a button config or keyboard shortcut for this?

I mentioned the model & driver for completeness and macro programmability, not because I expected the pan functionality to be provided by a 3rd party driver.
There is no way that I can see to setup any non-apple mouse to be able to pan, 3rd party drivers or not.
Something as simple as hold control while dragging would be perfect.
AFAICT there is no support for panning with a mouse is OSX.
I can't even find a way to pan with the keyboard.

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zSHARPz wrote:
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