10.7: Disable Smart Zoom to remove delay in two-finger Secondary Click

Aug 16, '11 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Mac OS X Lion has a new 'Smart Zoom' gesture for trackpad users that zooms in supported applications (ex. Preview) just by double-tapping the trackpad with two fingers. This is much like double-tap feature in iOS devices.

The problem with this feature in Lion is that it uses the same two-finger gesture as secondary click (aka 'right click'). When two-finger tapping for a secondary click, there is a slight delay where Lion waits to determine if you mean to do a secondary tap or a Smart Zoom double tap. This delay may not be a problem with many users, but some may find it annoying and it also prevents making secondary taps in quick succession in certain applications, such as games.

Remove this delay by disabling Smart Zoom under System Preferences:

System Preferences » Trackpad » Scroll & Zoom tab » uncheck Smart zoom.

Disabling it will restore the original pre-Lion behavior for secondary click; no delay and allows for multiple secondary taps.

If you don't want to disable Smart Zoom, an alternative is to disable two-finger secondary tap and change it to secondary clicking by one of the bottom trackpad corners.

[crarko adds: A clear case of Gesture overload.]

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