Is right click off by default?

[Bram.96]

I was discussing this with a friend of mine, is right click enabled or disabled by default on a new mac? I can't find this anywhere on the web.

 

[keysofanxiety]

I was discussing this with a friend of mine, is right click enabled or disabled by default on a new mac? I can't find this anywhere on the web.

You can't disable right-click.

You can right click by holding Ctrl and single-clicking, or pressing two fingers down on the trackpad.

 

[snaky69]

I was discussing this with a friend of mine, is right click enabled or disabled by default on a new mac? I can't find this anywhere on the web.

I really wonder how that discussion came about.

But AFAIK, right click cannot be disabled, it's needed for too many actions in the OS. Your perception probably comes from older Apple mice that came without a right mouse button. Those could still right click though.

 

[maflynn]

I was discussing this with a friend of mine, is right click enabled or disabled by default on a new mac? I can't find this anywhere on the web.

I think it was disabled on my MBP out of the box. I had to enable it so that the right corner of the touchpad would be a right click

 

[mattopotamus]

I think it was disabled on my MBP out of the box. I had to enable it so that the right corner of the touchpad would be a right click

This. By default the double tap (basically boom, boom if that makes sense) or two finger tap mimics a right click. If you want to truly right click, you need to enable that in settings.