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Watch out for stray fingers
Authored by: SeanAhern on Jan 04, '07 08:33:22AM

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:

  • no fingers on mouse: primary click
  • one finger on left: primary click
  • one finger on right: secondary click
  • one finger on left and one finger on right: primary click

Try being more careful about your finger placement and see if your right click accuracy improves.



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