Middle click question [openbox]

How can you utilize middle click on a laptop. (Used for highlight -> copy). Is there a way to put a keyboard binding on middle click?

on my eeePC, middle click is achieved by clicking both buttons at once. not sure if something's needed in xorg.conf or a hal policy for this, it worked out of the box for my 900.

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Hi, I am using Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro via Bootcamp. My magic mouse working good but I need middle click for some design softwares. I found some softwares can simulate middle click but the softwares just running under Mac OS. Are there any Windows compatible software like Magicprefs or Middleclick?
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I have the same mouse and after searching a solution, I found this article:
http://superuser.com/questions/814156/hp-bluetooth-mouse-works-in-osx-on-macbook -but-not-in-windows-8-1-boot-camp
You only need to unpair the Mouse from your Mac System, Reboot to Windows Boot Camp and pair the Mouse...
Now you can pair again on Mac OS and "voilà", your mouse can now work's in both Systems...
For me, it works!

Middle clicking/Ctrl+clicking on links in Firefox doesn't open a new tab; it does nothing. Middle clicking my bookmarks opens them in a new tab, however.

Middle clicking works properly otherwise.
This started happening since I upgraded to Firefox 3.6.22.

Never mind, the solution has been posted here:
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/871549

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I can't figure out how to use the "Middle-Click" feature of most browsers to open a new tab.
Can we not use a 3-finger click on links to open in a new tab? The only way I have found is by using a USB or Bluetooth mouse, or Command+Click. Too much work!
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I almost didn't reply to this because you did in fact answer the question below, but thought that it might be good for you to take a different perspective you have on control/command+clicking being "no extra work".
Let's stop for a second and assume not everyone has the ability to use both of their hands! Perhaps from an accessibility perspective it would be extremely helpful to be able to do what most people can do with both hands seamlessly from the trackpad alone. I know a lot of people that purchase macs because of their great accessibility features. I still do not understand why Apple didn't implement a 3 or 4-finger click (****, even 5), it just doesn't make sense to leave that up to aftermarket developers.
Personally I don't have this problem, and I have yet to find a third party solution to it, including multiclutch. I want to be able to three finger click because I'm lazy and over the years of clicking it will save me time and effort. If you added up all the other "small" savings of time that I have implemented in my workflows, then I guarantee that it was worth taking the time to hunt for, learn, and use them.
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I will continue to search for an positive solution to this question, and when I find it, I will make sure I come back here and let everyone know.

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Any ideas?, I found something (link below) but I'm not sure if its safe.
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/26184/magic-mouse-middle-click-in-windo ws-7-64-bit-bootcamp

That looks relatively safe but quite impractical in the long run.
I'm looking to achieve something similar, getting the middle click button to work, since it would be very useful through general productivity in terms of web browsing as well as for gaming such as Minecraft (building).
Anyone got any ideas as to how to achieve this? I know it's not possible to get this functionality in OS X without some third-party tool such as MagicPrefs, but surely it should be possible in Windows.
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Yoga 13 Middle Click?

Why isn't there any option in the synaptics driver to enable the 3 finger tap middle click? I can install the driver from the synaptics driver, I get all the functionality from the touch pad. However, the touch pad does not turn off when in tablet configuration.

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T540p and Middle-Click not working

So, I just got my T540p 2 days ago, and while getting everything set up, I realize that a few things are off with the clickpad. For a while, most clicks were not being registered: left, right, or middle. It could take some furious clicking just to get one click registered. Next, no matter what settings I set, I could not get middle click to register as a middle-click - they were always taken as left clicks. And finally, I could not get right-click to register unless I set button size to either Large or Full. At standard, right-clicks were seen as left-clicks.
Here's the rub - I think I've narrowed it down to the driver. After submitting a warranty request yesterday, I started playing with it some more, and here is what I've found:
After a few full shutdowns and reboots, responses got better: Clicks were more reliably registered, and right-clicks worked, even on Standard button size in the settings. However, middle-clicks were still impossible. Any attempt at a middle-click was registered as a left-click. This was with the Lenovo driver installed.
After uninstalling the Lenovo driver, middle clicks started working. Unfortunately, mouse speed is painfully slow without the Lenovo driver installed, so this is not much of an option. I tried downloading a driver directly from Synaptics, and that did not seem to help the mouse speed - this driver doesn't seem to add the UltraNav tab to the mouse settings which allows me to increase the speed of the TrackPoint. However the Synaptics driver (which claims to be older than the Lenovo driver) did allow middle-clicks.
Next, I re-installed the Lenovo driver and after the first reboot clicks were back to being unreliable and middle-clicks vanished again. After a 2nd reboot, left and right- clicks became better, but still no middle clicks.
So, I've determined that it's not a hardware issue anymore, but a driver issue. I now have a box on the way to ship my laptop back - but since it's not a hardware problem, I don't see the need to send the laptop back.
Does anyone have any insight on what I should do? Send it back and let Lenovo attempt to change settings/etc. to get my middle-click working? Or patiently wait for a driver update that may or may not fix the middle-click?
I will say that I am very impressed at the speed of getting the 'warranty fix' box, so THANK YOU to Lenovo for an amazing response there. I'm just getting frustrated with the clickpad issues.

I have the exact same question, prior to UltraNav driver installation, you can simply Tap-to-click while using the Trackpoint. After installing the driver, you MUST click down on the Clickpad to send a click while using the Trackpoint. This is such a simple software solution that has seriously made me regret my decision to by a newer Thinkpad. The new xx50 series Clickpad is interchangeable with the xx40 series but I am not spending nearly 70$ to solve a simple software problem!
I recall that back in the days of the X200/X201 there were a decent amount of tips/tricks we could do via the registry to enable "hidden" features of the Synaptics touchpad/trackpoint combo. Is there a similar "hack" we could do to enable the tap-to-click functionality while using the Trackpoint?

In firefox 3, when I middle clicked a link, it would open in a new tab for me to view later, but it wouldn't go directly to the tab; in firefox 4, it does. How do I get it to work like before?

E.g. if I was on google and middle clicked a search result, I would still be looking at google, but the page I opened would be loaded to the right side.

Google search and other websites have a user preference that can be set to open a search result in a new tab or a new window, for users who are logged in to their website.
Otherwise, when you don't have a 3-button mouse or a scroll pad with "middle-click" functionality, you can use '''{Ctrl + Click}''' to open a hyperlink in a new Tab.

Troubleshooting middle click quirks

Hello All
New to the world of lenovo. I am trying to troubleshoot an issue where the middle mouse button randomly works and am trying to figure out if it is hardware or software related.
Some info
Hardware: Lenovo x230
OS: Ubuntu 12.04.2 (64bit)
Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic #35~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 25 17:13:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Desktop environment: Cinnamon 1.6.7 (also tested with Unity)
What happens:
In terminal if I middle click I would expect it to paste, some times it could take two or more clicks
In firefox if I middle click on a link I would expect it to open in a new tab, some times it can take two or more clicks to work, frequently it will stop working after the first successful middle click
scrolling in firefox/terminal/any window with middle click and the pointer works consistently. I also have a logitech m570 wireless mouse which behaves as expected.
Has anyone experienced similar and know how to resolve. While I have it in the back of my mind that it's a hardware issue it does not make sense as the pointer+click consistently works so I assume it's software

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Firefox did an automatic update to 6.01, and now my middle mouse button is not working in the browser. It doesn't close tabs, it doesn't open new tabs by middle clicking a link, it doesn't allow me to middle click to scroll the page...

Firefox did an automatic update to 6.01, and now my middle mouse button is not working in the browser. It doesn't close tabs, it doesn't open new tabs by middle clicking a link, it doesn't allow me to middle click to scroll the page..

[BUG FIXED, see "EDIT 2" at the end of my post]
I'm on Firefox 3.6.21, and I got this problem today after a Greasemonkey update (To version 0.9.10, apparently).
Disabling Greasemonkey solved the problem, and re-enabling it reproduced the problem (middle-clicking links to open in new tab did not work, merely highlighted the link).
I should also note that while Greasemonkey was enabled and the bug was affecting me, Ctrl+Click to open links in new tabs was also broken.
I hope this helps!
EDIT: It appears this is a known incompatibility/conflict bug between current versions of Greasemonkey and Tab Mix Plus. Read more here:
https://github.com/greasemonkey/greasemonkey/issues/1406
EDIT 2: GREASEMONKEY HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED with a workaround to fix the problem. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/versions/ to install the update manually. It hasn't been reviewed by Mozilla yet, so it won't be an automatic update for another day or two. All credit to "cannonfodder" below for noticing this; please mark his post as helpful!

How do I middle click and close tabs in safari? please help!

I am used to google chrome and adapted to use middle clicks to interact with tabs. My friend introduced me to safari and as i am using macbook pro I think using safari should be more compatible. The only thing that is holding me back is closing tabs with middle click on mouse. I would really appreciate if someone would point me to easy solution for that.
Thanks,
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Command-W closes the active tab.

How do I get my hotmail to open in a new tab instead of a new window and I've tried the middle click/ctlr option.

MSN is my home page and when I click on the hotmail link in the top left hand corner of the page it always opens in a new window even if I press middle-click/ ctrl keys. The hotmail link is the only link that I have had this problem with thus far. Can you help me correct this problem?

Hotmail opens in a new window because the code or set of instructions on the MSN website tells Firefox to open Hotmail in a new window. I would suggest you right click on the Hotmail button and left click on "Open Link in New Tab". This will open a new tab in the current window.

How do I change Middle Click to normal Middle Click instead of the Scroll on the Helix

Hi,
I just bought the Lenovo Helix with Windows 8.1 and I've been trying to disable this auto-scroll or touch-scroll function that comes on by default on UltraNav.
On my old X220 with Windows 7, I can just go to Mouse-> UltraNav -> Settings -> Neither on Scroll / Magnify Features.
It seems like there's no way to turn it off for the Helix. From this discussion,
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/X-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/Carbon-X1-Use-middle-scroll-button-as-middle-c...
It sounds this option isn't available yet on Windows 8.
I've tried older driver: No option to disable this feature.
I've tried Synaptic driver: I can use middle click but the touchpad is ultra sensitive and I can't adjust it.
Has anyone found a solution for this? I use the middle click a lot for openning new windows and pasting on linux screens. It makes the computer usable unless I have a mouse.

On Windows 8, using the UltraNav software/driver from Lenovo, middle click always means "Scroll". There is no way to change this. Maybe you can find some driver directly from Synaptics (and not from Lenovo) that lets you configure the middle mouse button as something other than "Scroll", but this definitely cannot be done with the Lenovo software. I'm sorry I can't help you further.

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