topic Re: Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18 in Installation & update

Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 10:22:04 GMT

What happened to the pan and zoom functions that we used to know and love?

In preferences I can choose from 'use wheel for pan and alt+wheel for zoom' or vice versa, but alt-wheel doesn't feel natural and it seems crazy to have to use both hands to navigate around the workspace.

Other programs, such as the Google maps suite, Google Earth etc. use
wheel for zoom
and click-and-hold + wheel for pan

Is it possible to obtain this option in Archicad?

Re: Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 10:47:23 GMT

I've kind of answered my own question - but here's what I've done, in case anyone else is interested.

There's a free download called 'MagicPrefs' which allows you to fine-tune the magic mouse (e.g. a two-fingered swipe to zoom). Of course, Archicad stubbornly refuses to take account of any such change, but the program is worth having, as it contains loads of other goodies (such as a CAPS LOCK ENABLED warning)

So my workaround instead was to assign shortcut keys to the zoom-in and zoom-out functions in Archicad. (I use 'Zoom-out Scrollbar' so as to zoom out in 'steps') This is much more controllable than trying to zoom with the so-called 'magic' mouse.

Re: Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18

Eduardo Rolon — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:40:06 GMT

Another option and the one I switched from MPs is Better Touch Tool which behaves somewhat better.

Re: Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:20:44 GMT

Thanks Eduardo.

But does nobody else find it kind of - well, shocking - that Archicad 18 is essentially incompatible with the latest Mac Mouse?!

Re: Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18

Aaron Bourgoin — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:33:54 GMT

mouse incompatibility is just a part of the compatibility gulf. can you say, "Retina!"?

Re: Apple Magic Mouse and Archicad 18

Brad Elliott — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 19:13:32 GMT

Keith,
Not sure I understand your problem. I can zoom in and out just fine by sliding my finger up and down on the mouse in typical scroll fashion. I do use Magic Prefs to turn on the one finger middle axis click. This allows me to pan just like always.