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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / January 2007Left & right mouse buttons on a Powerbook
I'm working with an application under X11 and it describes various functions using a right mouse-click and a left mouse-click. So, on a Powerbook G4 with a trackpad and one mouse-button, is that a right or left click, and what do I do to get the other button? > I'm working with an application under X11 and it describes various > functions using a right mouse-click and a left mouse-click. > > So, on a Powerbook G4 with a trackpad and one mouse-button, is that a > right or left click, and what do I do to get the other button? Best is to buy a multi-button mouse. A wonderful alternative is SideTrack. Built-in is just to hold the ctrl key when clicking the button so as to get a right-click action. SideTrack is so dang good I have it on my MacBook Pro and MacBook even though they do scrolling. But, with ST you get control over the clicking and the corners can be programmed for all sorts of things. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20854 I can't get to the actual site from behind our stoopid firewall.  SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:55:46 -0600, no-spam2@lycos.com wrote > > So, on a Powerbook G4 with a trackpad and one mouse-button, is that a > > right or left click, and what do I do to get the other button? > > Best is to buy a multi-button mouse. A wonderful alternative is SideTrack. > Built-in is just to hold the ctrl key when clicking the button so as to get a > right-click action. I already have a mouse, but I never use it because it sort of defeats the purpose of having a laptop in my opinion, with all sorts of wires and bits and pieces connected to it. There are things connected to it that I really need, but once I got used to the trackpad I didn't feel the need for a mouse any longer. I gave SideTrack a go. Seems very nice, though it messed with the tracking speed so everything felt strange, but I'm sure it's just a matter of adjusting things. Although I found the feature which snaps the mouse-pointer automatically to the default window button useful I don't think I really need all those extra features. Call me simple, but I like to keep things simple ;-) >> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:55:46 -0600, no-spam2@lycos.com wrote > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > really need all those extra features. Call me simple, but I like to > keep things simple ;-) OK, Simple, : ) I like the horizontal scrolling of ST and do have the corners programmed for just four simple actions (none with modifier keys) though the only action I regularly use is for the right-click. Between the System Preferences for Trackpad/Mouse and ST's own settings I'll bet you'll be fine. SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com > > On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:55:46 -0600, no-spam2@lycos.com wrote > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that I really need, but once I got used to the trackpad I didn't feel > the need for a mouse any longer. If it's just wires and connections, you might consider a Bluetooth mouse. That doesn't take away from the "have to haul an extra bit of gear around" issue, however. later, Johnj SignatureLater, John johajohn@indianahoosiers.edu 'indiana' is a 'nolnn' and 'hoosier' is a 'solkk'. Indiana doesn't solkk. >>>>> "John" == John Johnson <null@invalid.com> writes: John> If it's just wires and connections, you might consider a Bluetooth John> mouse. That doesn't take away from the "have to haul an extra bit of John> gear around" issue, however. I'm not sure if this was the previous poster's position, but I hate mice now. I've never owned a desktop mac, or any computer that used a mouse, for that matter. (My macbook pro was my first x86 machine.) Having "grown up" with my primary machine using at first a trackball (on my powerbook 140), and now a trackpad, I find *any* thought of being forced to use a mouse appalling, because it would mean constantly moving my right hand some distance away from the keyboard. The trackpad is just too darn convenient. There *is* no substitute. I'm not even sure how people tolerate that much right hand movement to use a mouse. Now if we could just get "pinch" technology (ala iPhone) on that trackpad... I'd be in heaven. :) SignatureRandal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > I gave SideTrack a go. Seems very nice, though it messed with the > tracking speed so everything felt strange, but I'm sure it's just a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > really need all those extra features. Call me simple, but I like to > keep things simple ;-) I'll second that on SideTrack. I've had it for a few years on my 1.25 GHz Al Powerbook (~ 2004 vintage). Works find. No problems. I don't use all the features, but the ones I do use are very nice (scrolling horizontal and vertical). -- Lou Pecora (my views are my own) REMOVE THIS to email me. > I'm working with an application under X11 and it describes various > functions using a right mouse-click and a left mouse-click. > > So, on a Powerbook G4 with a trackpad and one mouse-button, is that a > right or left click, and what do I do to get the other button? The trackpad button is normally a left-click. Control-click for the right mouse button. Depending on the specific Powerbook model you may be able to use the two-finger-touch-and-click method. Look in System Preferences, "Keyboard & Mouse", under trackpad options, If there's an option for "place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click", then you've got it. If not then your PB old enough that it doesn't support this feature. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/ > > So, on a Powerbook G4 with a trackpad and one mouse-button, is that a > > right or left click, and what do I do to get the other button? > > The trackpad button is normally a left-click. Control-click for the > right mouse button. Got it. Thanks. > Depending on the specific Powerbook model you may be able to use the > two-finger-touch-and-click method. Look in System Preferences, > "Keyboard & Mouse", under trackpad options, If there's an option for > "place two fingers on trackpad and click button for secondary click", > then you've got it. If not then your PB old enough that it doesn't > support this feature. That's strange. I have the latest Powerbook there is (15" 1.67GHz, Superdrive etc.) which I bought around October 2005, but the above option doesn't seem to be available. > > Depending on the specific Powerbook model you may be able to use the > > two-finger-touch-and-click method. Look in System Preferences, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Superdrive etc.) which I bought around October 2005, but the above > option doesn't seem to be available. Hm, I'm seeing this on an Intel Mac, but I was under the impression that this feature had appeared in later PowerBooks. I must have been mistaken. Sorry about that. SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington MondoMouse makes your mouse mightier See http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/ > > > Depending on the specific Powerbook model you may be able to use the > > > two-finger-touch-and-click method. Look in System Preferences, [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > this feature had appeared in later PowerBooks. I must have been > mistaken. Sorry about that. The last PowerBooks support two-finger scrolling, but not two-finger right-click operation. In article <1168613746.145887.215800@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > I'm working with an application under X11 and it describes various > functions using a right mouse-click and a left mouse-click. > > So, on a Powerbook G4 with a trackpad and one mouse-button, is that a > right or left click, and what do I do to get the other button? X11 Mouse Buttons Mac X11 On a Real UNIX system ------------------ --- --------------------- left-Click MB1 Left-Click Option-Click MB2 Center-Click Command-Left-Click MB3 Right-Click Bob Harris > X11 Mouse Buttons > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Option-Click MB2 Center-Click > Command-Left-Click MB3 Right-Click How do you do a "command-left-click"? Or should that be "Command-click" as a right-click within X11? In article <1168695150.701740.283300@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, > > X11 Mouse Buttons > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > How do you do a "command-left-click"? > Or should that be "Command-click" as a right-click within X11? Yes, Command-Click My problem is that I have 3-button mouse, so for me it is the Left mouse button, hence my description :-) Bob Harris > In article > <1168695150.701740.283300@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > My problem is that I have 3-button mouse, so for me it is the Left > mouse button, hence my description :-) Now I'm really confused! Are you saying that there are in fact several standards to consider here? Previous posters have stated that a right-click on a Powerbook is done by CTRL-clicking. But is this only with native Mac applications? So when I run anything within X11 a totally different standard applies? In article <1168780089.902361.270480@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, > > In article > > <1168695150.701740.283300@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > But is this only with native Mac applications? > So when I run anything within X11 a totally different standard applies? No. It means I have a "Programmable Mouse Driver" and "I" personally have programmed my mouse to do strange and different things. Sooooo, saying Command-Left-Click MB3 Right-Click Was a note to me that if I want Right-Click in X11, I can get it by hitting that key for me. I just forgot to translate that back into single button notation for posting here. Here is where you can get the "Offical" X11 mouse button rules X11 -> Preferences -> Input -> Emulate 3 Button Mouse Read the text under this X11 preference: Hold down the Option key when you click to emulate the middle mouse button. Hold down the Command key when you click to emulate the right mouse button. Just ignore everything else I said, and read that text. As to how multi-button mice behave in X11, "I AM A BAD SOURCE OF INFORMATION", as I reprogram my mouse. Bob Harris |
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