Click Effects

The Click Effects feature plays a short animation at the cursor each time you click. Viewers of a presentation or recording can see when and where a click happened.

Left and right clicks have separate settings, so they can use different styles and colors. Both are enabled by default. The default shortcuts are Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S for left click and Ctrl + Shift + Alt + D for right click. See Keyboard shortcuts for all shortcuts and how to change them.

Set up click effects

1. Open FriskyMouse and select Click Effects.
2. Under Choose which mouse button to configure, select Left Click or Right Click.
3. Turn on Enable Left-Click indicator or Enable Right-Click indicator.
4. Choose an Effect Style. Click effect profiles describes every style.
5. Click anywhere to see the effect.

The settings below apply to the selected button only.

Effect settings

Setting	Range	Left click default	Right click default
Effect Style	22 styles	Circle	Square
Effect Color	Any color	Deep Pink	Green
Effect Size (%)	5 to 25	10	10
Fade Amount (%)	1 to 95	40	40
Enable Color Fading	On or off	On	On

• Effect Color: the color of the effect. Use different colors for left and right clicks so viewers can tell them apart. In styles with several parts, Effect Color changes the main part; other parts keep their built-in colors.
• Effect Size (%): the maximum size the effect expands to. Use larger values on large displays or when viewers are far from the screen.
• Enable Color Fading: when on, the effect becomes more transparent as the animation runs. When off, it keeps its starting opacity.
• Fade Amount (%): how transparent the effect becomes by the end of the animation. This setting has an effect only when Enable Color Fading is on.

Animation options

Setting	Range	Default
Animation Duration	100 to 1500 ms	750 ms
Easing Function	31 functions	Linear
Animation Direction	3 directions	Inward

• Animation Duration: how long each animation lasts. Shorter durations (150 to 300 ms) suit fast demos. Longer durations (600 to 900 ms) are easier to follow in recordings and on large displays.

• Easing Function: how the animation speeds up and slows down. See Easing functions.

• Animation Direction: the order in which the effect changes size:

  Direction	Behavior
  Inward (default)	The effect grows from the click point to its full size
  Outward	The effect starts at full size and shrinks toward the click point
  Inward-Outward	The effect grows to its full size, then shrinks back

Note

Some styles include parts that keep a fixed size, such as the center dot of Squared Pulse. Animation Direction and Effect Size affect only the parts that change size.