Middle Click On Trackpad

[Pooky]

What I'm having a problem with is opening tabs on my internet browser. With my mouse I am used to just pressing the middle button for a new tab to open up.

Now with the Mac's trackpad I have to use a two finger click to open a right click menu and then click on open new tab.

Is there a way to get a middle click going somehow?

 

[zamicro]

Yes. You close all your fingers except the middle one. And only use that finger to click.

Oh oh, now I see you are looking for a middle (button) click, while I just demonstrated the middle finger click

 

[TheMightyP]

Isn't it 3 fingers?


EDIT: Googling this reveals little, I'm afraid. Good luck!

 

[Pooky]

Isn't it 3 fingers?

Nope.

 

[Pooky]

Sweet I found a script! : http://clement.beffa.org/labs/projects/middleclick/

 

[HapticSimian]

You can't set up corner zones on a Mac? That's [-]Apple[/-] crap...

 

[Pooky]

You can't set up corner zones on a Mac? That's [-]Apple[/-] crap...

You can, but only for right click.

 

[HapticSimian]

You can, but only for right click.

Stooooopid Apple. My lappie has each corner of the touchpad set up for a different function, plus 2-finger drag for scrolling. Glad you found your script though; I'd lose my innerwebz-marbles without middle-click.

 

[bwana]

Better touch? http://www.boastr.de/

 

[Waansin]

I don't bother with middle click on my Mac's trackpad. I use CMD + click to open a link in a new tab.

I have noticed that sometimes, depending on the site's javascript or the browser, that it doesn't work (very seldom though)