Mac OS X right click single button mouse

Contributed by macster

September 22, 2004

Tagged: Apple Mac

A stumbling block for those souls who have been reared on Windows systems but have seen the light and moved to a Mac is the single button mouse. But wait, there’s no need to rush out and buy a two-button mouse just for this.

To simulate a right mouse button click while using a one-button mouse on a Mac, like to get a context sensitive menu for an object on the screen, hold down ctrl and click the mouse button while your mouse pointer is over the object.

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Anonymous 3 years ago 1 point
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you are joking right, i have to use a two hand action that I can do with a standard two button mouse with 1 finger.. :? why

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<ul id="quote"><h6>Anonymous wrote:</h6>you are joking right, i have to use a two hand action that I can do with a standard two button mouse with 1 finger.. :? why</ul>

If you have a problem with it, get a two button mouse and use that.

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