Mac OS X right click single button mouse

Contributor Icon Contributed by macster Date Icon September 22, 2004  
Tag Icon 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
    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
  • Anonymous
    <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.
  • aurea
    I've been using Mac OS X for about 3 years now, but always on a laptop. So when I recently started using a mouse and couldn't find a way to right-click something, I was ready to tear my hair out. Your post was very useful -- I'm happily right-clicking away. Thanks!
  • aurea
    Should've mentioned that it was a one-button mouse I now use. Thanks :)
  • sachin
    you can use a windows mouse and right click away. thats use a 2 button mouse and it will work
  • deborahjb
    Is it different now? When I used my old iMac I would just hold down the single button until a dialog window opened up...like click & hold.
  • sjinsjca
    In addition to the ctrl-button trick already described, you can simulate a Windows-style right click one-handedly on a Mac laptop by putting two fingers on the trackpad when you click the mouse.
  • Jayryi
    i need to know how to do it with one button so i don't use control click
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