Hi Donna - I believe the secondary click and secondary tap are just 2 methods of emulating, on the trackpad, the control-click of a single button mouse or the right-click of a multi button mouse. I'm not sure what all it can be used for, but I know it will open a context menu for an item, similar to pressing VO-Shift-m.
Bryan On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:37 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope I'm not being dense, but what are the secondary click and secondary > tap used for, i.e. can somone present a situation when you would use them? > TIA, > Donna > On Aug 5, 2010, at 6:47 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Thanks to all. I got it figured out now. >> On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: >> >>> Hi RIcardo - I'm not sure if this will help with your command-click >>> questions, but to enable the standard secondary click I needed to go into >>> the Trackpad Utility in System Preferences and make a few changes from the >>> default settings. There are a couple of options with regard to the >>> "Secondary Click" and "Secondary Tap" and I'll explain them here as best I >>> can. This assumes you have the Trackpad utility in your System Preferences. >>> If you don't have it, make sure to run software update to install it. >>> >>> Secondary Click: This option allows you to perform a secondary click by >>> placing a finger on either the bottom right or bottom left front edge of >>> the trackpad and pressing down until you hear or feel the trackpad click. >>> To enable the Secondary Click, open the Trackpad utility in System >>> Preferences, then navigate through the One Finger options and you will find >>> a checkbox for "Secondary Click." To the right of this checkbox there is a >>> popup button where you select either "bottom right corner" or "bottom left >>> corner" to specify where your finger must be placed when performing the >>> click. >>> >>> Secondary Tap: This option allows you to tap two fingers anywhere on the >>> trackpad to perform a secondary click. To enable the Secondary Tap, >>> navigate through the Two Finger options in the Trackpad Utility. Note that >>> the "Tap to Click" checkbox located in the One Finger options must also be >>> checked for the Secondary Tap to work. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Bryan >>> >>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>> >>>> Hmm, >>>> >>>> When I held down 2 fingers I didn't get a click. >>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Daniel Rowe wrote: >>>> >>>>> Secondary clicking is Mac speak for right clicking, like to open up a >>>>> contextual menu. Press down on the trackpad with 2 fingers til it clicks. >>>>> >>>>> Dannie >>>>> >>>>> On 4 Aug 2010, at 07:20, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Lol, >>>>>> >>>>>> We are wondering the same thing. I haven't a clue what it means or, how >>>>>> to do it. If you find out before I do please post. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> tia >>>>>> On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Mary Otten wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Along with the questions about how to perform command click etc, what >>>>>>> is a secondary click? 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