How do i enable double tap to drag???

[kashyap02004]

How do I enable double tap to drag on OS X 10.7???

I find the MBP touchpad very hard to press. Especially pressing it while dragging is really annoying. So I enable the "tap to click." With OS X 10.6 and even after upgrading to 10.7, I was able to double tap to drag/move/select text. But today I did the fresh install of OS X 10.7 and now I can't do it anymore. I have to physically press the touchpad to drag/move/select text.

Any Idea how to fix this???

--Kash.

 

[phpmaven]

How do I enable double tap to drag on OS X 10.7???

I find the MBP touchpad very hard to press. Especially pressing it while dragging is really annoying. So I enable the "tap to click." With OS X 10.6 and even after upgrading to 10.7, I was able to double tap to drag/move/select text. But today I did the fresh install of OS X 10.7 and now I can't do it anymore. I have to physically press the touchpad to drag/move/select text.

Any Idea how to fix this???

--Kash.

System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad>Trackpad Options>Check the "Dragging" checkbox.

I have no idea why they buried that so deep, but there it is.

 

[aziatiklover]

System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad>Trackpad Options>Check the "Dragging" checkbox.

I have no idea why they buried that so deep, but there it is.

yeap that was pretty stupid from Apple!

 

[kashyap02004]

System Preferences>Universal Access>Mouse & Trackpad>Trackpad Options>Check the "Dragging" checkbox.

I have no idea why they buried that so deep, but there it is.

Got it. It works!!! Thank You very much. I appreciate the help.

 

[nmoses11]

Fix doesn't work for Mavericks 10.9

I don't have a Universal Access option. Please help. I wish i could regress to get that feature back.

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Thanks to these guys:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/23544389#23544389

Settings - Accessibility - Mouse & Trackpad - Trackpad Options - Check 'Enable Dragging'

Bingobango!

 

[Gjwilly]

Thanks for this.
Been wondering if this were possible.

 

[tomibgt]

Three finger drag

I think Apple's new concept of dragging with the trackpad is to use three fingers. You can find this in the System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click. For some weird reason, this isn't enabled by default either. It kind of does make more sense than the traditional double-tap:

If you wouldn't need to consider multi-tap gestures at all, you can increase the system response time to taps.

But still it is not as good:

Sometimes your dragging doesn't go far enough, before you reach the end of the track pad. If you are using the three-finger-drag, the files you are dragging will be most likely dropped to your desktop, instead of the folder, trash can, or where ever you were dragging them to – possibly even worse. With double-tap-drag you just lift your finger, move it to the opposite side of the trackpad and continue the dragging.

(Edit: ) Apparently you can continue dragging files with the three-finger-drag just as with double-tap-drag with drag-lock. You have to release the file from drag with a single click.

With double-tap-drag you can also finger paint with a more natural gesture than the three-finger-drag, for example in Photoshop.