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Do you tap?

Warbrain said:
Oh, and for those quiet moments when I want to tap, how do I drag and drag lock? I've tried to do it so many times, but I can never manage to work it.
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Tap twice in quick succession but don't lift your finger after the second tap - and move your finger across the trackpad. That should drag your item. Once you get it to where you want, tap again and it will 'drop' where you placed it.

I've been trying to use tapping for the past hour or so... and it's becoming less odd but I'm still finding resting my fingers classed as a top on occasion which is frustrating.

Like Lau and Warbrain, my hands are usually positioned in such a way that it's just as easy to click!
 
Ooh, we're all hand position buddies!

:p

I've taken a photo of aforementioned posting style, because my Saturday evening is that damn exciting.



(Excuse the photoshopped together photo - it's really hard to take a photo of both of your own hands. I tucked the camera under my chin, but my boobs got in the way. :p )
 
Lau said:
(Excuse the photoshopped together photo - it's really hard to take a photo of both of your own hands. I tucked the camera under my chin, but my boobs got in the way. :p )
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:p

I tap as well, and using Sidetrack on my powerbook (1.25, so pre-two-finger scrolling), I've got the upper right portion of my track pad set to "control+click"

Thus, I tap both ways. ;)
 
Applespider said:
Tap twice in quick succession but don't lift your finger after the second tap - and move your finger across the trackpad. That should drag your item. Once you get it to where you want, tap again and it will 'drop' where you placed it.

I've been trying to use tapping for the past hour or so... and it's becoming less odd but I'm still finding resting my fingers classed as a top on occasion which is frustrating.

Like Lau and Warbrain, my hands are usually positioned in such a way that it's just as easy to click!
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That seems so unnatural. I've finally gotten the hand of it, but it's still odd. It's like a slow double-click. I've already had the problem of accidently opening things that I didn't want to open with the double-tap drag. Blah. I've also now just had the problem of not being able to easily turn off the drag with a tap. Odd.

But I'm still trying out the tapping motion. I'm this way with web browsers, too. I try Firefox for a few weeks and then switch to something else. It's an endless cycle.
 
Lau said:


(Excuse the photoshopped together photo - it's really hard to take a photo of both of your own hands. I tucked the camera under my chin, but my boobs got in the way. :p )
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:p Darn, the very first thing I was going to ask when I saw the photo was how the hell you managed it - something clever with an iSight and a mirror maybe? :D

I generally keep tapping turned off, I'm just too nervous it'll click a button I really don't want to sometime. Two fingered scrolling (erm.. sounds a bit lurid!) on the other hand I couldn't live without.

Pity there's no gesture for right-clicking (/ Control - clicking)
 
whooleytoo said:
Pity there's no gesture for right-clicking (/ Control - clicking)
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Right-clicks arnt as used as much as left click, but it would be nice to have a way (I also suggest Control or command or whatever then taping).
 
ChrisG said:
Right-clicks arnt as used as much as left click, but it would be nice to have a way (I also suggest Control or command or whatever then taping).
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True, but one of the reasons people don't right-click as often is because it isn't as easy to do! To right click, you either have to keep your (non trackpad) thumb on the Ctrl key, or look away from the screen to press it.

A gesture (such as hold one finger down, then tap a second finger) would work nicely - for me at least.
 
i tap exclusively. i suppose i'd use the button more if it weren't so loud. my friend has a a white g3 ibook and her button is really silent, though. so i'm assuming that if i were to 'break in' my button it'd eventually get quieter. but i'm just lazy.
 
Warbrain said:
I've been pondering this and trying it out on my iBook for a while now and still can't get used to tapping the trackpad to click. It seems so odd. I try it, hate it, turn it off, and then go back and turn it on to try it again. As much as it makes sense to do it, it doesn't feel right.

So do any of you tap your pad?
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When I don't have my mighty mouse attached, yes I do tap. But I looooove the mighty mouse...so, tapping doesn't happen all that much. :)
 
Just a question kind of irrelevant:

On a Mac laptop, can you set the 'tap' to equal a right click?

Like, click the mouse button for a left (regular) click, tap the trackpad for a right click?
 
I'm kinda like an inbetween. I use it to open folders and things like that, but, for other things I just click.

I've always been an inbetween tapper, I guess. It's just what feels right at that moment in time.

:O
 
dotdotdot said:
Just a question kind of irrelevant:

On a Mac laptop, can you set the 'tap' to equal a right click?

Like, click the mouse button for a left (regular) click, tap the trackpad for a right click?
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No, but that would be awesome. With iScroll2 you can set two fingers on the trackpad+click=right click.
 
I couldn't live without tapping!
I have Sidetrack set up so the top left corner is a right click, and the bottom left is Cmd-Click (comes in handy for all sorts of things, like opening links in a new tab). I have the right side configured for scrolling (much prefer it to two-fingered), and the bottom for horizontal scrolling.
The only thing I can't get on with is drag lock tapping - that's just confusing.

I agree though, it's brilliant for surfing in meetings ;)
 
dotdotdot said:
Just a question kind of irrelevant:

On a Mac laptop, can you set the 'tap' to equal a right click?

Like, click the mouse button for a left (regular) click, tap the trackpad for a right click?
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Yes, with Sidetrack you can. You can also enjoy the following features:
  • Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.
  • Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.
  • Map hardware button to left or right click.
  • Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag (with or without drag lock), or right click.
  • Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.
  • Extensive control over accidental input filtering

It does not yet support the shiny new Macbook Pro though.
 
discoforce said:
Yes, with Sidetrack you can. You can also enjoy the following features:
  • Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.
  • Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.
  • Map hardware button to left or right click.
  • Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag (with or without drag lock), or right click.
  • Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.
  • Extensive control over accidental input filtering

It does not yet support the shiny new Macbook Pro though.
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can you still use 'two-finger' scrolling when using sidetrack? i'd prefer that over using the edges of the screen.
 
terriyaki said:
can you still use 'two-finger' scrolling when using sidetrack? i'd prefer that over using the edges of the screen.
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If I read the description on MacUpdate correctly, then I don't think that you can use two-finger scrolling with SideTrack.
 
gotta have tap. hate using the button unless i need to drag and move things.
 
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