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    Middle click with trackpad (2010 MBP)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by spazma7ik, Jul 5, 2010.

  1. spazma7ik

    spazma7ik Notebook Enthusiast

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    I should be receiving my new 17" i7 MBP this week, first Mac ever. I am a huge windows user, but decided that the form factor, battery life and the excitement in learning a new OS would be enough to warrant a MBP purchase.

    Now to the point, I heavily rely on a middle (wheel) click for browsing, it opens links in new tabs instantly, closes tabs instantly, overall it's just really useful to me, I was just curious if there is a way to do this with the trackpad? I've done some fooling around in the Apple store and couldn't figure it out..
     
    spazma7ik, Jul 5, 2010
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  2. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    Well its easily built in to Xuqartz if your using X11 apps... but for normal Mac usage, there is no built in way to do a middle mouse click with the trackpad.

    now for opening up links in new tabs, I just use CMD+Click... I often click through and open several things in new tabs that way then go back and look at them later... and I use CMD+W to quickly close the tab.

    for actualy adding a 3rd click.. I haven't tried, but someone told me that they use this...
    3-tap Middleclick on OSX for MacBook & Magic Mouse
    ... which adds a 3 finger click to be a middle click.
     
    doh123, Jul 5, 2010
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