not a bug Left click / Right click mouse action

[red777]

Hi everyone I have a question about the action button in the cockpit that I don't understand. I've searched but couldn't find a topic about it.

In my logic, the left mouse button should switch a button ON (or up) and right click should switch a button OFF (or down). But in the sim sometimes it's the opposite : left mouse switches down or OFF and right mouse switches UP or ON, and vice versa. So I'm kind of lost and can't predict what my action is going to do.

Is this normal?

[MAXsenna]

Hi everyone I have a question about the action button in the cockpit that I don't understand. I've searched but couldn't find a topic about it.
In my logic, the left mouse button should switch a button ON (or up) and right click should switch a button OFF (or down). But in the sim sometimes it's the opposite : left mouse switches down or OFF and right mouse switches UP or ON, and vice versa. So I'm kind of lost and can't predict what my action is going to do.
Is this normal?

There is no standard in DCS. Left should be down and CCW. Right the opposite.

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[skywalker22]

All normal, with hours you get used to it, it becomes a muscle memory, for any plane. F-16 goes one way, Mig-21 the other, for example 

I agree it could be more standardized, but this is how it is. I also wanted to do some changes on F-16, but nothing has been heard so far (it was for probe heat & test swith, which clicks strangly, not f-16 standard).

[red777]

2 minutes ago, skywalker22 said:

All normal, with hours you get used to it, it becomes a muscle memory, for any plane. F-16 goes one way, Mig-21 the other, for example 

I agree it could be more standardized, but this is how it is. I also wanted to do some changes on F-16, but nothing has been heard so far (it was for probe heat & test swith, which clicks strangly, not f-16 standard).

OK, between different aircraft, I would understand that (but still find it illogic and weird). BUT within the same aircraft cockpit, this is just silly! logic changes between two different button in the same cockpit... THIS should be standardize across all aircraft. I don't know but this is basic.

[skywalker22]

There IS a standard in F-16, it's for:

- multiple-step switches/knows right click is up, left click is down

- 0-1 switches is which ever click (left or right)

- rollers (potentiometes), left mouse button hold and move the mouse forward (for up), backward (for down)

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As said, the only one that buzes me, is the probe heat/test, it just doesn't work that way.

[RyanR]

On 8/3/2025 at 9:41 AM, skywalker22 said:

All normal, with hours you get used to it, it becomes a muscle memory, for any plane. F-16 goes one way, Mig-21 the other, for example 

 

or! For the F4-U it's a total flip of the coin as to what way a switch/dial will flip.

The F-16 is pretty good.

-Ryan