Comments on: How to right click on a Mac notebook

By: Mouse luvah

Mouse luvah — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:00:08 +0000

The Mighty Mouse isn’t that great? Are you kidding? The track button is so much simpler and easier to use than a scroll wheel on a PC mouse. The feel alone is worth its price.

Right-clicking with your fingers on the trackpad or using the control key plus a click becomes really intuitive after doing it a few times. But so does taking a shower!

By: Mac 101: Right-click on a laptop | MacBlogs.net

Mac 101: Right-click on a laptop | MacBlogs.net — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:48:27 +0000

[...] button or — wait for it — buying a two-button mouse.On a laptop, you’ve got another option. MacSupport points out this simple method of using a “two-finger tap” in place of a right click. To set things up, follow [...]

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Mac 101: Right-go on a laptop | Apple,Mac,iPhone,iPod,iTunes — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:04:02 +0000

[...] a laptop, you’ve got another option. MacSupport points out that simple method of using a “two-finger tap” in place of a right visit. To set [...]

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Wed, 28 May 2008 14:01:41 +0000

[...] a laptop, you’ve got another option. MacSupport points out this simple method of using a “two-finger tap” in place of a right click. To set things [...]

By: MacTipper

MacTipper — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:55:42 +0000

Okay, to get the Two-Finger-Right-Click functionality, you need to have “Tap to Click” enabled. Once that is enabled, the two finger tap will be enabled.

MacTipper

By: dq

dq — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:23:42 +0000

Someone said that setting up right-clicking makes the Mac less simple. I counter that by stating the Mac is MUCH simpler by never needing a second button to begin with. That said, I prefer having “right” click on.

By: artfuldodger

artfuldodger — Tue, 27 May 2008 07:03:55 +0000

1. whatever you need to “right click” on is in a million other places in every application if none of the myriad of right-click options works for you.

2. if you’re concerned with using a computer quickly and efficiently, you should be using it with your other hand on the keyboard — right by that control button that you can use to right click AND all those other handy keys, like COMMAND, which IS INFINITELY MORE USEFUL THAN RIGHT CLICK ANYWAY.

3. I’d rather have a simple, great design than the crappy trackpads on PCs

By: coolfactor

coolfactor — Mon, 26 May 2008 20:17:46 +0000

I prefer the simplicity of the Mac, with the option of plugging in any mouse if I want, and I never do.

On Windows, you don’t have a choice due to the poorly-designed interface.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:46:19 +0000

It’s a nice workaround but I’d still love to have a real hardware mouse… an actual, grown-up, two button mouse.

It should NEVER take two hands to do on a Mac what it takes one finger to do in Windows.

By: Eraserhead

Eraserhead — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:42:13 +0000

@sayswho

The Mighty Mouse isn’t that great though.

@encro

Lacking a right click button on a laptop has some advantages as you can use the whole button for left click when you don’t need right click which is really useful when I use my right hand for the mouse I can then put my thumb on the right end of the button and still click.

By: sayswho

sayswho — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:29:26 +0000

Just an amendment to ercro’s post -

Many options in OS X:
* Double Finger Click
* Double Tap
* Hold Ctrl and Click the Left Mouse Button
* Plug a mouse in with more than 1 button
* Bonus: The mouse has four buttons and a 360 degree scroll wheel.

Many Options in Windows:
* Ctrl-Shift-F10
* Contextual Menu Key on the Keyboard.
* Right Click Button on the trackpad.
* Bonus: The mouse already has a Right Click Button.

By: encro

encro — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:29:21 +0000

Many options in OS X:
* Double Finger Click
* Double Tap
* Hold Ctrl and Click the Left Mouse Button
* Plug a mouse in with more than 1 button

Many Options in Windows:
* Ctrl-Shift-F10
* Contextual Menu Key on the Keyboard.
* Right Click Button on the trackpad.
* Bonus: The mouse already has a Right Click Button.

By: mov951

mov951 — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:08:22 +0000

I don’t know why all the articles explaining right-click enabling on Macs fail to mention you can just do a two finger tap. Sure, placing two fingers on the trackpad and pushing down the trackpad button sends a right click, but why not just do the much easier and natural two finger tap?

It’s just like tapping the pad to click with one finger, except you use two. Another finger is probably hovering right above the trackpad anyway.

And damnit, why doesn’t Apple have this enabled by default?! This, and the firewall should definitely be on by default on every new Mac.

By: HIYA BUDDY

HIYA BUDDY — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:45:29 +0000

Use a mouse you retards.

By: STL

STL — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:37:38 +0000

On my MacBook Pro Apple’s ingenious software solution to provide a “right click” function is exactly as described in the article.

The function is setup via System Preferences / Keyboard and Mouse / Trackpad.

LLbean must be using software other than that provided by Apple to get the function following just a two finger tap.