customizing my mouse for remote work productivity

03 Sep, 2025

Here are my requirements for a remote-friendly mouse:

1. A button to cycle through 3+ multi-point connections to different devices (for example, a work laptop, a personal laptop, and a Mac mini).
2. A button mapped to the Back action, which is mostly used when navigating in Chrome.
3. A button mapped to raising/lowering my hand in Zoom, regardless of which app/window is in the foreground; even if Zoom is in the background, I want to be able to raise my hand quickly to notify others that I have something to contribute to the conversation.
4. A button mapped to unmuting/muting my microphone in Zoom, similarly, regardless of which app/window is in the foreground.

I've been using a Logitech MX Master 3S mouse, which does the job. The Logitech Options software allows me to map buttons to Zoom's global shortcuts:

• Mute/unmute my microphone: Option + A
• Raise/lower my hand: Option + Z

Note that Zoom needs to be configured to enable global shortcuts so the Logitech software can trigger them independently of which window is in focus.