diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
index d6cc0a40..3ce85a7e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ put /local/install_shares {
  symgen.awk order_labels.awk sort_labels.awk spice.awk tedax.awk verilog.awk
  vhdl.awk hspice_backannotate.tcl add_custom_menu.tcl create_graph.tcl
  add_custom_button.tcl change_index.tcl icon.xpm resources.tcl xschemrc
- ngspice_backannotate.tcl gschemtoxschem.awk traversal.tcl
+ ngspice_backannotate.tcl gschemtoxschem.awk traversal.tcl mouse_bindings.tcl
 }
 
 # generate a list of objects from the list of source files
diff --git a/src/mouse_bindings.tcl b/src/mouse_bindings.tcl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..566fd879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mouse_bindings.tcl
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+################################################################################
+# $Id: mouse_bindings.tcl,v 1.3 2023/06/26 21:00:11 paul Exp $
+#
+#                                          $env(HOME)/.xschem/mouse_bindings.tcl
+#
+# The purpose of this code is to configure custom mouse button bindings for
+# mice that have more buttons than the conventional 3 buttons and scroll wheel.
+# This code also works to reconfigure bindings for conventional mice.
+#
+# INSTRUCTIONS:
+#       1. use linux command 'xev -event button' to find the X11 mouse button ID
+#               number for any mouse button.
+#       2. modify 'proc mouse_buttons' below to define an action for the button
+#               along with optional key modifier(s).
+#       3. add the following line to user xschemrc file:
+#                       lappend tcl_files $env(HOME)/.xschem/mouse_bindings.tcl
+#
+################################################################################
+
+################################################################################
+# PARAMETERS of proc mouse_buttons { b m }:
+# NOTE THAT BIT 4 OF $m IS ALWAYS SET SO $m >= 16
+# NOTE THAT THE 'OR' OF ALL MODIFIER KEYS = 0x4f
+# $m: modifier key(s)
+#    No Modifier:  0
+#    Shift:        1
+#    Caps-Lock:    2
+#    Control:      4
+#    Alt:          8
+#    Num-Lock:    16
+#    Win key:     64
+# To encode multiple modifiers simply add the corresponding modifier numbers
+# $b: mouse button: 1..9
+################################################################################
+
+proc mouse_buttons { b m } {
+        # filter out Caps-Lock and Num-Lock status
+        set m [ expr { $m & ~(16+2) } ]
+        # puts "modifier state: $m"
+        switch $m {
+                0       { switch $b {
+                                8       { xschem zoom_full center       }
+                                9       { xschem unhilight_all          } } }
+                1       { switch $b {
+                                8       { xschem set_modify 1; xschem save      } } }
+        }
+}
+
+# the global variable 'has_x' is provided by xschem. It is defined to '1' 
+# if graphics has been initialized.
+
+if { [ info exists has_x ] } {
+#       puts "Loading ~/.xschem/mouse_bindings.tcl"
+        bind .drw <Any-Button> {+mouse_buttons %b %s}
+}