I simply changed secondary button to the ball rather than the right button. The mouse seems to recognise when you're pressing the ball every time. It's very a simple hint, but it really works.
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I have heard many people complaining that the Mighty Mouse doesn't recognise their right clicks, due to the touch-sensitive nature of the device. I personally have no problems with it, but a lot of my friends use my Mac and seem not to have the knack for right-clicking. So I came up with a solution, and now no one has any problems.
I simply changed secondary button to the ball rather than the right button. The mouse seems to recognise when you're pressing the ball every time. It's very a simple hint, but it really works.
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A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I have a version of this problem as well. I switched to using my Bluetooth Mighty Mouse with my left hand after breaking my right elbow this summer. I didn't reverse the buttons so that I can switch between hands easily. When I use my right hand, the mouse recognizes the right-click every time, but when I use my left hand, it only recognizes the right-click maybe 10% of the time with a normal hand position. Switching right-click to the middle button won't work for me as I use middle-button paste in X11 on a daily basis (though the original post is absolutely correct about the mouse recognizing the middle-click every time).
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
You are lifting your finger off the "left" button before resting it on the "right button, right? You cant have fingers touching both buttons on the Mighty Mouse and get a right click.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I've found that as a left-handed user of the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, SteerMouse gives me the best control over the 'right'-click (actually left-click for us lefties).
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Even for lefties, shouldn't you still call it a right-click, since "right" refers to the left/right buttons on the mouse, not which hand you're using?
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I've found that right-clicks work most consistently if you lift your index finger off the left side of the mouse beforehand.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
That's the whole point. To make a right click, you must lift you left finger off the top of the mouse.
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Watch out for stray fingers
Remember that the Mighty Mouse doesn't actually have separate "buttons" under that shiny shell. It has one "button" and some sensors to detect where your fingers are placed so it can respond differently. See the bottom of this article for more details. If you have any finger touching the left side (over the "button" area), OS X will register a left click. It doesn't matter if you actually pressed the mouse with another finger on the right "button". To register a right click, you have to have NO finger on the left side of the mouse. Here's the table for what happens when the mouse is clicked:
Try being more careful about your finger placement and see if your right click accuracy improves.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
This seems like a good solution, but the Mouse preferences don't let me set the ball button as the secondary button...
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Also not a choice on my Mouse preferences.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I had my wireless mighty mouse changed and I've had no problems (with the right click) ever since. Apple is aware of the problem and they are willing to "quietly" change the mouse.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I bought a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse and had significant problems right-clicking. I tried every possible combination of clicking (arching fingers, not touching mouse at all except for tip of right finger, multiple fingers, different fingers, entire length of finger, many different positions on right side of mouse, etc). Apple sent me a new mouse in exchange for mine, but it had same problem. I finally returned it.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
extremely funny hint - without any instructions how did you get to make the change to the middle button - PLEASE, DO LET US KNOW - the only way i could find is by installing steermouse which messes up the way mouse moves...
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
sorry...as you can see below i forgot to mention that i used steermouse.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Mine doesn't allow the ball to be configured as the secondary button either. I find this mouse much more form than function. I can only get the right button to work about 20% of the time, even when removing my whole hand and clicking with the index finger. I think I'll finally give up my $70 mouse and go back to my $20 Logictech.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Same boat -- I'm using my generic Kensington and generic Logitech (dollar store mouse!) instead of the mighty mice that came with my iMacs. I'm a lefty, but still use left-is-left and right-is-right (why do other lefties need to change this? freaks!), and the right click is too awkward. Yeah, justify it on the technology or not lifting a finger off the left button all you want, but it doesn't work the way I work, so back to the generic mice. Really, though, the only thing I miss is the horizontal scroll, but it's more important to properly right click.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
To make your ball button (the "center" button) operate as a secondary button (a "right-click") proceed as follows:
My com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse.plist is a binary plist file, so I could not edit it in TextEdit. This is a great hint. I tend to cuddle my mouse with several fingers, so I can never get the right button to work.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH !
For those who have no developer tools installed i recommend Pref Setter http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26268
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I had the same problem and took my finger off the left mouse button when right-clicking. Which, IMO, is a poor, clunky, unApple-like workaround. However, no matter what, you can't hit the left AND right button at the same time. Because of Apple's insistence to make the mouse look simpler and over design a way around a single problem introduced by the design they chose, I had to solve the problem they made by going out and buying a mouse.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I don't have a problem with right clicking on the Mighty Mouse. Why is it so hard (or, perhaps, anathema) for people with an index finger to click with that finger only, moving it to the left or to the right as need be? That's what I do, and I don't find it difficult at all. In fact, it's downright simple!
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Please don't generalize your lack of problems to other people. I find it easier to use my index finger for left-click and middle finger for right-click because that's where those fingers naturally rest on the mouse. Using my index finger for right-click would be an awkward motion.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
sorry. i forgot to mention in the hint that i used steermouse to change it to secondary click.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
No, you don't need SteerMouse, just the Dev Tools from Apple. See my earlier comment.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
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A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I too use Eclipse on my Mac and have had no trouble at all with right clicking the mighty mouse.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I was very frustrated on the inconstistant nature of the right click on the wireless mighty mouse. I have done many seaches and tried switching out the mouse with Apple, other software and not having pressure on the left side of the mouse without success. What finally worked for me is:
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Thanks Faith,
Have you tried re-pairing
No pun intended, but I found that by re-pairing my Bluetooth Mighty Mouse, right-click was repaired. Not 100% reliable, but probably 80-90%.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
I have the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. A more reliable way to fix this issue is:
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Brilliant! This worked perfectly for me.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Incredibly, Schwie's advice to power the mouse down, removing the batteries and reinserting them worked for me.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Woops! It works for me! Great!!
These kinds of things are funny…
…and not to denigrate those with issues, since I know how frustrating they can be, but I have just the opposite problem!
These kinds of things are funny…
My girlfriend and a couple of other people who have used my MM have had this problem. It makes it pretty much impossible to use for them! I suppose this is why right-clicking with the MM is disabled by default.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
i have the solution, its quit simple, when you click on the right side of the mouse (right click) lift up your left finger ! Its a very sensible sensor that detect your finger on the left side of the mouse !!
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
For me I have to raise my left finger nearly 3/4 of an inch in order to get the mighty mouse to work right. Playing a game or doing something right requires lots of right lcicking quickly becomes painful.
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
As others have noted above, a sure fix is:
A simple fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
If you use Windows on your mac, you can right click using a key with MacKB4Win from sciactive.com. It lets you right click and left click at the same time too. Does anyone know a program to do the same thing on OS X? Preferably freeware.
A, not so simple, fix for Mighty Mouse right-click issues
Hi everybody
I was afflicted by the same problem of an excessive sensivity of the right "button". I definitely solved it with an hardware modification to my mighty mouse. I tought that lowering a little the surface that get the electrical charge of the finger, could decrease the sensitivity of the system for the right clicks so, to diminish the sensivity of the right part of the mouse, I cut away with a sharp cutter some left side parts of the electrical films attached to the back of the mouse upper shell. It seem I was right but don't ask me why because I'm a software engineer, not an hardware one... Because a picture worths more than 1000 words, I uploaded a picture where is easy to see the parts I cut away circled with a black mark. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT, ACTUALLY, YOU MUST CUT THE RIGHT SIDE BECAUSE YOU WORK ON THE SHELL IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN POSITION!! Modified Mighty Mouse OF COURSE I DON'T GET ANT RESPONSIBILITY IN ANY CASE IF THE TRICK DOESN'T WORK WITH YOUR MOUSE FOR ANY REASON. YOU TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. Best regards, Luca |
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