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Allow for multiple activation methods at same time for Find my mouse

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#16,761 opened on Mar 3, 2022

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Description of the new feature / enhancement

The current version of the mouse utilities allows for setting the activation method as either "press left control twice", or "shake mouse". Both are great options, but I'd like to be able to use both rather than one or the other. Please add an additional option to allow both activation methods to be used.

Scenario when this would be used?

I don't have a specific scenario to call out, but I find that my initial reaction when I can't find my cursor is to move the mouse around to try to find it. That lines up with the "shake mouse" option. If I still can't find it, then I use the "control twise" option. I feel like the "shake mouse" option would cover my use case most of the time, but only if I shake the mouse enough to trigger the highlight. In general, I don't typically shake the mouse so much as I just try to move it all over the place. So sometimes, "shake mouse" would be a good enough trigger, but I'd still like to be able to use "control twice".

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