new right click on trackpad in sequoia drives me nuts. Am I the only one ?

[iTris6666]

I couldn't find anyone with the same issue on the internets:
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I use a MacBook Air M1 with the right click on the trackpad configured as 'click on the bottom right corner'. I have been using this since ages, like the second MacBook Air ever.
If I need to right click and drag, like for a contextual menu. Or a game that has panning on the right click, I use my right thumb to right click then I use my index to drag. It always has been working fine. But since sequoia, touching the trackpad with my index close the contextual menu or stops panning. This is unbearable 😩.

So I'm wondering if I'm the only one having this issue. How do you use the contextual menu with the trackpad ?

 

[fisherking]

I couldn't find anyone with the same issue on the internets:
the r
I use a MacBook Air M1 with the right click on the trackpad configured as 'click on the bottom right corner'. I have been using this since ages, like the second MacBook Air ever.
If I need to right click and drag, like for a contextual menu. Or a game that has panning on the right click, I use my right thumb to right click then I use my index to drag. It always has been working fine. But since sequoia, touching the trackpad with my index close the contextual menu or stops panning. This is unbearable 😩.

So I'm wondering if I'm the only one having this issue. How do you use the contextual menu with the trackpad ?

try changing up the trackpad settings; then reboot, put them back the way you want it. see if you can 'jumpstart' things.

you're on a beta, and beta stuff happens. but the trackpad here works same as always...

 

[iTris6666]

Thanks for the answer. Just installed 15.1 beta 2 over 15.0 beta 6 over my previous system , but I could also reproduce the problem with a fresh install of 15.0 B2. Could you confirm that you are in 'click on the bottom right corner' mode and that you can right click and drag ?

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

Have the same issue with Sonoma and my new M3 MBP. It's annoying and I now just mostly use Control/click. I don't know what Apple changed, but something changed.

 

[iTris6666]

So I investigated more:

I can reproduce since The first beta of Sequoia that I installed on my MacBook Air M1 I think 15.0 beta 2. It reproduced on every beta since, including 15.1 Beta 2.

I've tested a fresh copy of Sequoia on my Macbook Air : I repro as well.
If I install on the same machine a fresh copy of the latest Sonoma : there is no bug.

On my Mac Book Pro Intel 2019, I installed Sequoia 15 beta 6 and it doesn't repro.

So it is probably specific to either my model of MacBook Air, or maybe Apple Silicon Macs.

Since it also requires a specific right click option to show I guess it explains why few people see it.
And It confirms that is it a bug and not some new behaviour.