chgFingerMouse

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As you’ve probably already figured out, the Samsung Epix has two navigation modes: Optical Mouse and 4-way Navigation. Optical Mouse allows you to move a mouse cursor around the screen by moving your finger over the optical mouse pad (between the “Start” and “Ok” buttons). 4-Way Navigation allows you to move Up, Down, Left and Right by finger your thumb over in the corresponding direction.

My default there are two ways to change the navigation mode:

1. Start > Settings > System Tab > Finger Mouse > Toggle “Activation Method”
2. Go to the Today Screen, and press “Fn-N”. This will toggle the navigation method; but only works from the Today screen.

For the most part I like using 4-way navigation but sometimes when I’m in an application want to switch over to “mouse” mode – but theres not good way to do this without going all the way back to the Today screen.

Which brings me to chgFingerMouse! chgFingerMouse is a simple little program that toggles the navigation mode (much like Fn-N) except you can bind it to a hard-key and toggle the navigation method from within any program.

Here’s what you do:

1. Download (using the above link) and install chgFingerMouse on your Samsung Epix.
   • When you install chgFingerMouse, it will create a Shortcut to chgFingerMouse in Start > Programs > Applications.
2. Go to Start > Settings > Buttons
3. Select a button from the list to assign chgFingerMouse too. I set:
   • Camera button > chgFingerMouse
   • Camera Hold button > Camera
4. Click “Ok”

Now you can switch between Mouse and 4-way navigation mode quickly and easily by just pressing a hard-key on your Samsung Epix!