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Rantipole
Dec 6, 2004, 11:42 AM
Hello, I just converted to OS X this weekend. ( I know....)

Anyway, in Mac Classic, instead of Control-Click, you could "hold click" to get the Control Click menu. This does not appear to be the case in OS X.

Is there a setting somewhere that I can't find that will enable the "hold click"? Or is that gone for good?

Thanks.


ChrisFromCanada
Dec 6, 2004, 12:46 PM
From what I know. You can't do it except in a few rare cases like hold-clicking an application in the dock.
Rantipole
Dec 7, 2004, 12:43 PM
Yep, so far I have found hold-click only still works in, of all things, Netscape! :O
grapes911
Dec 7, 2004, 01:14 PM
At the risk of sounding stupid, can you explain what this 'hold-click' is?
brap
Dec 7, 2004, 01:17 PM
At the risk of sounding stupid, can you explain what this 'hold-click' is?
In older Systems, instead of getting contextual menus by control-click, all you had to do was hold the mouse button down. Simple, yet sucky for productivity.
grapes911
Dec 7, 2004, 01:21 PM
In older Systems, instead of getting contextual menus by control-click, all you had to do was hold the mouse button down. Simple, yet sucky for productivity.

Thats a cool feature. It may be less productive, but its nice for those few instances that you only have one hand available. I see it works for the dock and firefox. I wonder why its pretty much gone.
Rantipole
Dec 9, 2004, 02:58 PM
Well, now that I've gotten used to the fact my new keyboard has Control on BOTH sides of the keyboard, I have to admit it is less of an issue. My old keyboard only had Control on the left side. But, I kept my mouse on the left side! So, it would be a royal pita.

But, now I can do Control with my right hand, and click with my left. Still, it is odd why they got rid of it! :confused:
jeremy.king
Dec 9, 2004, 03:02 PM
Well, now that I've gotten used to the fact my new keyboard has Control on BOTH sides of the keyboard, I have to admit it is less of an issue. My old keyboard only had Control on the left side. But, I kept my mouse on the left side! So, it would be a royal pita.

But, now I can do Control with my right hand, and click with my left. Still, it is odd why they got rid of it! :confused:

I am guessing that because of the availability of two+ button mice for macs now vs. when OS 8 came out.
bousozoku
Dec 9, 2004, 05:34 PM
As far as I know, hold click only worked in web browsers and wasn't supported in any other applications.

Why not get a 2 or 3 button mouse or trackball?
live4ever
Dec 9, 2004, 06:18 PM
I use this in OmniWeb 5.