Using extra mouse buttons will tab out League once per match.

Miles The Man·11/1/2019, 11:13:20 PM·31 votes·12,198 views

I don't exactly remember when this started, within this past month for sure. I have my summoner spells mapped to mouse 4/5 and randomly, in a match, pressing one of them will tab me out of the game. Only ever once per match, and not every match. Mouse 6/7 don't seem to make it happen, but I don't use those as often. The only thing I think may be the cause is have an internet browser open since the majority of the times it's happened, I had chrome open on my second monitor. Maybe it's a back/forward thing. If it is, I'll post an edit here within a day. Edit: It's not browser based, but there is a temporary solution. Hold Ctrl, then spam your mouse buttons, the game will tab out and you won't use a summoner.

30 Comments

Sugarlicious11/2/2019, 12:01:45 PM6 votes

Same happens here, very annoying, especially since my side button is usually used for quick health potion, so if I tab out, I pretty much die...

Shameow11/2/2019, 10:03:26 AM3 votes

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE! I’ve died so many times

Silly Neeko11/2/2019, 12:04:20 AM3 votes

I do not use chrome, i use firefox. However I do not think it is a browser issue or mouse thing.... I do not use the mouse buttons and I also have had firefox closed and i randomly disconnect from quite a few games as well. I have not been able to recreate the disconnect on purpose, but it does seem to only happen once a game. Not as often as it used to, but it started with me a few days to a week or so before Sept. 11th.... I sent in a support ticket about it but i am horrible with following up on the stuff.

Some stuff that i was recommended by the person who i got a reply from:

Ashe Klutchum from Riot Games Technical Support here. I'm sad to hear that you're experiencing this random freezing issue, I know how aggravating that can be. But I'm here to help figure out what's causing it and get you back to gaming! Do you get any error messages or hear any sound effects when it freezes?

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So if you are better and possibly more tech savy than I am, you could send in a ticket and talk with them and see if you can sort it out.

PaladinNO11/2/2019, 10:27:14 AM2 votes

Can confirm. Though I play in windowed mode (and don't go out to Windows as such), pressing Mouse 4 makes the game window lose focus. And only once per match.

Pierce The Veal11/2/2019, 2:06:22 AM2 votes

I have the same issue, but I haven’t noticed whether it happens at a specific time. It seems to happen to me around 6:26 into the game in urf. Though I have had it happen earlier and later.

SteelTempestYAS11/2/2019, 2:49:40 AM2 votes

also happens to me. I use it for pings and it has even gotten me killed a couple of times.

Aekhalos11/2/2019, 12:41:59 AM2 votes

I have the same problem but only for the first game when I start my pc. When the game starts, I press my mouse button (wich activates my mastery), it causes an alt tab then I get back in the game. BUT ! Sometimes the alt tab occurs by itself and it's reaaaaally frustrating.

NelsieLisnen11/2/2019, 9:06:41 AM2 votes

Omg THANK YOU, I was losing my mind over this. Like, I'm pinging an invade and I'm thrown out of the game screen. Next thing I know I'm dead.

RITO FIX

Pater Gascoigne11/2/2019, 9:55:16 AM2 votes

Yeah, same issue here. I play support and my items are mapped on my mouse buttons. It's really annoying

Rαy11/2/2019, 5:35:42 PM1 votes

YES! I actually thought my PC is bugging out on me, but this happens to me as well and it's super annoying and actually lost games.

mack911211/2/2019, 6:50:20 PM1 votes

Yes this actually happens to me every match please fix it , it’s alays during laning phase and sucks when I throw a fight cause of it.

Originally I thought I was just too high and was pressing the keys by accident cause my mechanical keyboard is funny like that but then once it did it with me not touching the keyboard at all.

Magnesium1411/2/2019, 6:54:25 PM1 votes

same exact problem its annoying since i have to play defensive until i first tab out its really annoying when it just never tabs out, so you have to hug tower pretty much the whole game

Tsingani11/2/2019, 10:15:02 PM1 votes

Holy crap. I've been thinking this was a PC or mouse problem for the last week and a half.

My ? and ! pings are on my side mouse buttons and it was driving me crazy when I'd do a cheeky ? with friends and it would tab me out of League. Glad to see it's a universal issue but rito pls fix.

ViperVenom11/2/2019, 10:37:31 PM1 votes

The trick is to remap your mouse to the game keys when the game is open. I have a logitech g502 and using logitech gaming software i remapped my "forward" side button on my mouse to "4", whenever league is open. That way i can use my side button to place wards, it makes my ward hops feel smoother.

14daysuspensionk11/3/2019, 1:01:36 AM1 votes

I'm also getting randomly tabbed out of a few games just once, luckily at times where I wasn't at a risk of dying though.

StainlessTweedle11/3/2019, 3:59:59 AM1 votes

I don't use extra mouse buttons but still tab out once a game. Thought there was a problem with my windows.

Ehhhh11/1/2019, 11:15:57 PM1 votes

yeah, mine kind of does the same. I use my side buttons for mastery and dance, but I don't use it too often. Except for mine doesn't tab out, it just lags the game until I click to sort it out.

Moonchíld11/11/2019, 10:57:03 PM1 votes

This needs some attention from Riot. summoner 31

Summoner SpeII11/1/2019, 11:21:13 PM1 votes

same

Charmy Bird11/2/2019, 1:04:12 AM1 votes

Me too and I thought it was my weird ass mouse. I tried clicking those extra buttons outside of league and nothing.

Wimbledofy11/2/2019, 7:32:49 AM1 votes

I use mouse 4 for left click so it always happens at the start of the game for me, very annoying when trying to do an invade or if playing aram.

Janakin11/2/2019, 8:44:17 AM1 votes

Holy shit I thought it was happening only to me.

steven454746611/2/2019, 2:44:36 PM1 votes

Mouse 4 and 5 are programmed buttons, they have their own mapping. Mouse buttons above this are macro keys that just map to other keys, could this be the issue? (This is just another question, not a suggested solution)

Ravensand11/2/2019, 3:38:11 PM1 votes

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Best way to solve this is to spam your mouse buttons during loading screen. This will still tab you out 1x but during loading screen it doesn't matter. It doesn't occur in the game afterwards anymore either.

ﬂoo11/2/2019, 4:13:36 PM1 votes

Had mouse item slot 7 mapped to mouse 4 for years now and never had a problem. Do you use any other macros that include your mouse buttons?

Metal Janna11/2/2019, 5:02:37 PM1 votes

I've experienced this bug a few times, but only on PBE. Luckily the function I bound to a side mouse button is just the Target Champions Only toggle, so I don't trigger it at the most crucial moment.