And yes, there is a right-click: just hold down the Mac's key and click on just about anything. In fact, few knowledgeable Mac users still use the single-button mouse that comes with the Mac. Most multiple-button mice work fine with Macs and PCs. Read more, depending on the Mac OS version: OS 9 or OS X. Which Mac operating system is the best is a topic of numerous debates among Apple fans. Since the mission of this blog is to refute myths and legends around Macs, it's time for me to provide my 2 cents about the issue on hand. While everything below is just my opinion, as a long-time Mac user and v.
You can choose from icon, list, column, or Cover Flow view. In Cover Flow view, the browser is split horizontally into two sections. The top section is a graphical view of each item, such as folder icons or a preview of the first page of a document. The bottom section is a list view of the items.
To jump, press VO-J. Maze of maize mac os. Realms of darkness mac os. If you're using VoiceOver gestures, keep a finger on the trackpad and press the Control key.
Icon view: Use the arrow keys to move to the item you want.
Mememas mac os. List view: To move down the list rows, press VO-Down Arrow. To expand and collapse a folder, press VO-. To move the VoiceOver cursor across a row and hear information about an item, press VO-Right Arrow. Or press VO-R to hear the entire row read at once.
Column view: To move down the list until you find the folder or file you want, use the Down Arrow key. To move into subfolders, press the Right Arrow key.
Forlorn screams of agony echoing forevermore mac os. Cover Flow view: To flip through the items in the top section and move automatically through the corresponding list rows in the bottom section, press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key.
When you find the file or folder you want to open, use the Finder shortcut Command-O or Command-Down Arrow to open it.VoiceOver announces when you have selected an alias or a file or folder you don't have permission to open.
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A shorter way is to double-click the trackpad button to select the word, and then drag the trackpad with the button still depressed. This also works whether or not you have Trackpad Clicking enabled (I do not use it, myself).
-Mark
yes that works too, but then you have to do 'finger gymnastics,' which I hate (and is the reason I prefer a mouse in the first place). This hint allows you that same functionality without the inconvenience of doing those finger gymnastics. But hey, there are other ways, such as yours, and to each his own!
I despise the hard button on the trackpad, because then I either have to use two hands for a one-hand task, or make sure I've done my finger stretches for the day & then get into my gymnastics routine (to keep the button depressed as I move the rest of my hand around to move the pointer).
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In short, use your thumb for the trackpad button. No acrobatics needed at all. Constantly moving between the keyboard and the mouse (instead of the trackpad and the mouse) is much more movement.
(And there is simply no space on my desk for a mouse.)
You can choose from icon, list, column, or Cover Flow view. In Cover Flow view, the browser is split horizontally into two sections. The top section is a graphical view of each item, such as folder icons or a preview of the first page of a document. The bottom section is a list view of the items.
To jump, press VO-J. Maze of maize mac os. Realms of darkness mac os. If you're using VoiceOver gestures, keep a finger on the trackpad and press the Control key.
Icon view: Use the arrow keys to move to the item you want.
Mememas mac os. List view: To move down the list rows, press VO-Down Arrow. To expand and collapse a folder, press VO-. To move the VoiceOver cursor across a row and hear information about an item, press VO-Right Arrow. Or press VO-R to hear the entire row read at once.
Column view: To move down the list until you find the folder or file you want, use the Down Arrow key. To move into subfolders, press the Right Arrow key.
Forlorn screams of agony echoing forevermore mac os. Cover Flow view: To flip through the items in the top section and move automatically through the corresponding list rows in the bottom section, press the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key.
When you find the file or folder you want to open, use the Finder shortcut Command-O or Command-Down Arrow to open it.VoiceOver announces when you have selected an alias or a file or folder you don't have permission to open.
| Click here to return to the 'Use double-click selection-drag on trackpads' hint |
A shorter way is to double-click the trackpad button to select the word, and then drag the trackpad with the button still depressed. This also works whether or not you have Trackpad Clicking enabled (I do not use it, myself).
-Mark
yes that works too, but then you have to do 'finger gymnastics,' which I hate (and is the reason I prefer a mouse in the first place). This hint allows you that same functionality without the inconvenience of doing those finger gymnastics. But hey, there are other ways, such as yours, and to each his own!
I despise the hard button on the trackpad, because then I either have to use two hands for a one-hand task, or make sure I've done my finger stretches for the day & then get into my gymnastics routine (to keep the button depressed as I move the rest of my hand around to move the pointer).
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timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a raindance
http://www.randombob.net
In short, use your thumb for the trackpad button. No acrobatics needed at all. Constantly moving between the keyboard and the mouse (instead of the trackpad and the mouse) is much more movement.
(And there is simply no space on my desk for a mouse.)
Yeah I know how to use a thumb; I came equipped with two of them and have used them successfully for many years ;-)
BUT, you STILL have to actually keep this key depressed at all times to use it in this manner, thus requiring 'Finger gymnastics' to ensure you're keeping enough pressure on the key all the while having to move your other finger(s) relative to this point in order to select what you were attempting to select.
Hey, I used to use this method too, until I stumbled upon my 'hint' method. I MUCH prefer to use tapping on the trackpad, as it kills two birds with one stone: you already have your finger on the pad to direct the pointer, so why not use that as the pressure-point to enable dragging as well, instead of splitting the focus between two: 1 being the pressure point of your thumb on the button to keep it depressed, the 2nd being your finger directing the pointer to where you want it using the trackpad.
Like I said, it's not for everyone, which is why the Sys. Prefs have the option of enabling trackpad tapping or no, dependent upon personal preferences. if you're a button-pusher, by all means continue your current path; this won't save you any time. however, if – like me – you prefer the trackpad tapping instead, then this hint means you can completely ignore the button now, it no longer does anything that you can't do with the trackpad alone. For me (and possibly others), this is much easier to do. I HATE the damn trackpad button, and I'd always, ALWAYS accidentally relieve a little too much pressure at a bad time and undo what i was trying to do. Now i don't worry about that!
That's all I'm sayin'!
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timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a raindance
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I HATE the damn trackpad button, and I'd always, ALWAYS accidentally relieve a little too much pressure at a bad time and undo what i was trying to do.With the Al-Books that happened to me initially as well (I 'dropped' things in inconvenient places). I now happens to me very rarely, I just managed to train my thumb to always press hard enough. Whenever I try to use a computer where clicking on the trackpad is enabled I constantly (like several times per minute) click into the wrong places. Even just descending my index finger onto the trackpad to start moving the cursor, or just flicking the cursor in one direction is causing clicks. Not even talking about typing, if every fifth word causes you to accidentally click somewhere, then this is not a sustainable situation.
I'm pretty sure this is possible without the instructions you describe.
Consider the difference between tap-drags on the trackpad and click-drags on a mouse button:
- 1 tap-drag on the trackpad is equivalent to 0 clicks of the mouse and a drag (moving the cursor around the screen).
- 2 tap-drag on the trackpad is equivalent to 1 click-drag on the mouse (selecting text, drag-and-drop).
- 3 tap-drag on the trackpad is equivalent to 2 click-drag on the mouse (selecting whole words at a time).
I believe this last one is what you want. Again,
- To plain-old-drag on a trackpad, you tap-up-tap-drag (double-tap, but don't release the second tap).
- To double-click-drag on a trackpad, you tap-up-tap-up-tap-drag. That is, triple-tap, but don't release the third tap. (I'm doing it right now on my Powerbook.)
Hope this helps!
I don't understand the big deal about selecting entire words at a time. Isn't it easier to simply position one's cursor in front of the first word to be selected, then click (once) and simply drag a 'selection box' over the desired material?
It's far easier (and faster) to click once at the beginning, drag to the end, then relase, than it is to double-click, pause, double-click again, drag. Why make it so complicated?
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I prefer triple-tap and hold, then start dragging. It gives the same result ;-)
Yes, 'triple-tap' is the quickest description, but it doesn't explain what happens: in Cocoa apps, once you've selected a word with a double-click, then dragging and shift-clicking continue to select by word. To try this, double-click a word, wait any amount of time, then drag from there across more text: the result is word-at-a-time selection. If you pause on the selection before starting to drag (1 second or more) then you drag-&-drop the text. Most users don't know about this delay and assume you always get drag-&-drop. (I use drag-&-drop a lot, so I have set my delay shorter using this hint.) But the point is that two double-clicks are not necessary to select this way, and misleading about what's actually happening.The above works with any mouse or trackpad. Ghostly jones quickvestigations mac os. It also works by paragraph when you start with a triple-click. Carbon apps are different, of course. They have no drag-&-drop delay, so these drag-selection methods don't work there. I hardly ever select this way myself; I'm more comfortable with the precision of keyboard navigation, such as Option-Shift-arrow to extend the selection by word. Fps (prototype) mac os.
Or just double-click the first word you wish to select, leave it selected, scroll as you please to anywhere else, and then shift-click the last word you want to select. Much easier than any of the above, in my opinion. Heck, even with a mouse I'd think it would be the easiest way - I find click-and-hold dragging to be kind of annoying with any sort of pointing device.
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Now *that's* a great tip, 1amzave. Thanks!
I don't use the pad for tapping, I use the button. I hate trackpads with tapping enabled. I always end up making errant selections.
Anyway, in order to drag I do not find this tip effective for me as a button user. Here's what I recommend for my fellow button fans:
Double click the word, move the pointer away from and then back to the word, then single click & hold to drag. Once you release the button the text drops into place.
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I guess this hint should have started with 'For those who prefer tapping on the trackpad itself, and don't like using the trackpad button�' The submitter's point – that you have to double-tap on the trackpad (not the button) a second time and drag to extend selection by word – is true for that specific method. But apparently nobody who's commented (including me) uses that method.Well, since my reply yesterday, I have played around with this some more, and discovered yet another detail (still not specific to the tapping technique in the hint): Say you have already selected several words (by any method starting with double-click). Cocoa apps will keep on selecting word-by-word even if you simply drag, from anywhere within that selection. So you can start over with a fresh selection (as long as it includes a word in your current selection), still word-by-word, no new double-click required.
Does anybody else care about UI details that small? I think some users do, and I certainly am glad somebody at Apple does. https://heavenshoebonusnnlesevengame.peatix.com. Understanding tiny things like that increases my comfort level, and saves me brain cells in the long run.
I apologize for an inaccuracy in the above: That drag technique works for me in Safari, but not in other Cocoa apps. Anyone else? (care?)
