topic Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip! in Installation & update

Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

Thomas Holm — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:21:14 GMT

I may be a moron, but I haven't noticed this before.

Today I had to work with the MBP without a mouse. By accident, I discovered a MacOSX function I wasn't aware of:

If you move around two fingers simultaneously (as a pair) on the track pad, you get the function of the scroll wheel. No extra ctrls or cmds involved. And this works in all windows in Archicad too! So I can quickly zoom away as I like even without the mouse!

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

Eduardo Rolon — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:36:47 GMT

…and you can define under the keyboard preferences that if you place 2 fingers on the pad and click it is the equivalent of a ctrl+click / right click.

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

Dwight — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:32:57 GMT

That feature is at least three years old. They made a big deal of it at first but it became commonplace. Along the lines of when television was first introduced in the 1950's and a news person said "We are working hard on sending the colors, too" I understand they are working on getting the track pad to work with three fingers, and also to recognize sign language.

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

gpowless — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:18:24 GMT

I'd be happy if Microsoft could modify Vista to recognize one finger......

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

Eduardo Rolon — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:17:09 GMT

the middle one?

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

Rod Jurich — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:28:41 GMT

ejrolon wrote:
the middle one?

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

__archiben — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:04:37 GMT

Thomas wrote:
If you move around two fingers simultaneously (as a pair) on the track pad, you get the function of the scroll wheel. No extra ctrls or cmds involved. And this works in all windows in Archicad too! So I can quickly zoom away as I like even without the mouse!

yep - and you can scroll sideways using it as well by moving the fingers horizontally . . . if the app isn't written to take advantage of sideways scrolling, hold SHIFT - it'll force scroll sideways. (that goes for a mousewheel too)

by far the most useful though is the two-fingered click for context menu.

ejrolon wrote:
the middle one?

nice!

b

Re: Trackpad as scroll wheel tip!

Rod Jurich — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:25:10 GMT

~/archiben wrote:
/... . . if the app isn't written to take advantage of sideways scrolling, hold SHIFT - it'll force scroll sideways. (that goes for a mousewheel too)/.....

Thanks Ben, you aren't just a pretty face