And this is a convoluuted way of saying that if I use a two button
mouse and press the right one and a context menu comes up, I've
perrformed a right click. I guess I'm dense?
On Jul 16, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Access Curmudgeon wrote:
but if you've a two button mouse?
Since you are disinclined to use whole sentences, it makes it
difficult for me to respond to your intended question. I am having to
guess at your actual question.
Yes, OS X is fully compatible with multi-button mice. However, the
operating system has been carefully designed to *require* only single
clicking (that, and click-and-drag, but that is a different story).
These two statements are harmonious and not the least bit in conflict.
Double clicking, clicking while holding down a modifier key, and
so-called right clicking are always merely convenient shortcuts, and
never (in the Finder and well designed applications) the *only* way to
achieve an action or function.
Contrast this paradigm to the situation with Windows. For example,
try creating a folder on the desktop without using the right mouse
button (or Shift-F10). Windows newbies are often confused by the
separate mouse mouse buttons and a common beginner technique is to
simply avoid the right mouse button altogether. (This technique is
effective, but obviously limiting.)
To your specific point, the second button on a third-party mouse is by
default the same as Control-click. It is exactly backwards to think
of Control-click as the right mouse button.
