Why isn't there right-click in OS X yet?

[fryke]

i think this whole thread shows not only how apple thinks, but also how it enables a market. *every* mac-shop i know of sells 'more'-button mice and trackballs. but the basic one-button mouse is okay for most users at first. it's even a design wonderpiece! i'm not using it, because i need more buttons. but compare to what mice wintel-based computer manufacturers deliver as 'the mouse'. lousy! although all of them have at least two buttons and a scroll wheel now, they all feel quirky and cheap.

apple's support of more mouse buttons in os x is not a hint at future mice. at least it doesn't have to be. support was already in Rhapsody DR 2 and apple hasn't released a two button mouse in the last few years.

i think mice have been discussed enough here. maybe apple will ship mice with more buttons some day, but i believe the day of 'real virtual reality' will come before that.

[Otap_X_Caasi]

I have a kensington mouse. My right ckick works and my scroll works in all native OS X applications.

[Joseph Spiros]

I think Apple should rename their current Apple pro mouse to just "Apple Mouse" or "Apple Mouse 2.0" or something, and release a new one with 2 buttons and maybe a scroll and call THAT one the "Apple Pro Mouse"... Also, Apple could sell the basic "Apple Mouse" (the current Pro mouse) with all systems, and if you want the "Pro" version, either request in specifically when getting your system or buy it seperately.

Just my opinion...

[nemac]

OK, sorry to bring it back the topic. However I just received an notice from Apple that stated that you could access the built in dictionary by doing a "Right-Click+ D" within any application. Only problem is they did not explain how to do a right click in OS X. I have a MacBook running OS 10.5.2. Someone please tell me how to do a right click on a laptop without a mouse.

TIA

[jbarley]

Read the other thread you just started.

[Satcomer]

Originally Posted by nemac

OK, sorry to bring it back the topic. However I just received an notice from Apple that stated that you could access the built in dictionary by doing a "Right-Click+ D" within any application. Only problem is they did not explain how to do a right click in OS X. I have a MacBook running OS 10.5.2. Someone please tell me how to do a right click on a laptop without a mouse.

TIA

Hold down two fingers on the trackpad and click!!!!!

All you have to do is go to System Preferences->Keyboard & Mouse and select the Trackpad tab and enable some two finger gestures that you want. Easy!

[Viro]

One Mouse Button = Dead Horse + Whip.

[fryke]

I'm glad Apple *still* hasn't released a two- or three-button mouse, but rather opted for the one-button Mighty Mouse and the "hold down your gesture-fingers on the trackpad"-solutions. Else my earlier comments could be seen as, hmmm, off the mark...