Right Click without using the mouse

[taeclee99]

Is there a way to right click with only the keyboard not using the mouse? I know that control + click executes the contextual menu by default. I want to access this menu without having to use the trackpad.

 

[ITASOR]

Is there a way to right click with only the keyboard not using the mouse? I know that control + click executes the contextual menu by default. I want to access this menu without having to use the trackpad.

You mean like the contextual menu key on a standard IBM ps/2 keyboard? I never heard of anything like that for Mac, sorry.

 

[St Soichiro]

You mean like the contextual menu key on a standard IBM ps/2 keyboard? I never heard of anything like that for Mac, sorry.

At the risk of trumping a Demi-God here goes:

Turn on Mouse Keys under the Mouse Tab in the Universal Access menu (System Preferences). Now your numeric keypad works as a mouse and the '5' key works as a mouse click. So Ctrl-5 will be a right click. This works for a regular keyboard. Do the same for the keyboard on your PowerBook, but turn on Num Lock (F6) and now the 'I' key will serve as the click.

St. S

 

[katie ta achoo]

At the risk of trumping a Demi-God here goes:

Turn on Mouse Keys under the Mouse Tab in the Universal Access menu (System Preferences). Now your numeric keypad works as a mouse and the '5' key works as a mouse click. So Ctrl-5 will be a right click. This works for a regular keyboard. Do the same for the keyboard on your PowerBook, but turn on Num Lock (F6) and now the 'I' key will serve as the click.

St. S

ITASOR got pwnd!!

🙂 🙂

it's ok, we still like you!

...and now I can click without a mouse! huzzah! 😀

 

[taeclee99]

At the risk of trumping a Demi-God here goes:

Turn on Mouse Keys under the Mouse Tab in the Universal Access menu (System Preferences). Now your numeric keypad works as a mouse and the '5' key works as a mouse click. So Ctrl-5 will be a right click. This works for a regular keyboard. Do the same for the keyboard on your PowerBook, but turn on Num Lock (F6) and now the 'I' key will serve as the click.

St. S

Thanks alot!!!! This is exactly what I am looking for!

 

[meathane]

u know a little while back, i kinda found out the reverse of what ur looking fro by mistake on my girlfriends iBook.

if u rest two fingers on the touch pad, then click the button, it control clicks! she may have iScroll installed, it may be that, but i dont think so

 

[xli_ne]

u know a little while back, i kinda found out the reverse of what ur looking fro by mistake on my girlfriends iBook.

if u rest two fingers on the touch pad, then click the button, it control clicks! she may have iScroll installed, it may be that, but i dont think so

thats one of the main reasons i like iscroll.