Right Click without using the mouse

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  1. taeclee99, Jul 20, 2005

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    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.
     
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  2. ITASOR, Jul 20, 2005

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    You mean like the contextual menu key on a standard IBM ps/2 keyboard? I never heard of anything like that for Mac, sorry.
     
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  3. St Soichiro, Jul 20, 2005

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    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
     
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  4. katie ta achoo, Jul 20, 2005

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    ITASOR got pwnd!!

    :) :)

    it's ok, we still like you!

    ...and now I can click without a mouse! huzzah! :D
     
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  5. taeclee99, Jul 21, 2005

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    Thanks alot!!!! This is exactly what I am looking for!
     
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  6. meathane, Jul 21, 2005

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    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
     
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  7. xli_ne, Jul 21, 2005

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    thats one of the main reasons i like iscroll.
     
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