3-Finger Tap for Definition

[saberahul]

I use the 3-finger tap to look up definitions a lot. It worked flawlessly on Lion and ML but now doesn't work at all in Mavericks. I have the setting enabled under Sys. Pref. but haven't had any luck with it.

Any suggestions?

 

[82asmdf203]

Works fine for me using Safari...but not other browsers.

 

[tigerintank]

do you mean 2 finger tap? if i used 2 fingers i gets menu - top option is to lookup. select that and i get both dictionary and thesaurus

 

[slrandall]

Works for me in Safari and PDFs, doesn't work in Firefox or non-Apple text editors. I don't remember how this compares to the ML behavior.

 

[laurihoefs]

do you mean 2 finger tap? if i used 2 fingers i gets menu - top option is to lookup. select that and i get both dictionary and thesaurus

If you tap with three fingers instead of two, you'll get straight to the dictionary and thesaurus.

Works for me in Safari and PDFs, doesn't work in Firefox or non-Apple text editors. I don't remember how this compares to the ML behavior.

In Opera and Smultron (a lightweight text editor) it seems to be working, but like you said, not in Firefox.

 

[tigerintank]

If you tap with three fingers instead of two, you'll get straight to the dictionary and thesaurus.

yep confirmed working with 3 finger tap as described thanks

 

[saberahul]

After a lot of searching I figured out the issue (if it helps anyone else). If you have Scroll Reverser.app installed, your 3 finger tap to look up will not work. What a pain…

Anyone know of any other app which will allow natural scrolling using trackpad and "old" scrolling using external mouse (not bluetooth)?