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Getting used to the mac single button...



i now find the two finger click as a right click to be more natural  
on a laptop than clicking a separate button as it matches my finger  
positioning when i use the touchpad.

On Mar 31, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 31, 2007 at 09:57:18AM -0400, Stephen Adler wrote:
>> Is there an alternate button/key sequence which will do a "right  
>> click"?
>
> The key sequence you're looking for is CTRL-<mouse click>.  It has  
> been that
> way since OS 8.
>
> If you're on a desktop, throw the one button paperweight away and  
> get a nice
> multibutton mouse.
>
> If you're on a laptop, you can use the CTRL key right click option  
> or you can
> set the trackpad to interpret two-fingers+a-click as the right click.
>
> There's a needlessly verbose tutorial here:
>
> http://www.macinstruct.com/node/66
>
> -b
>
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