Mission control "Middle mouse button" shortcut conflict?
I am trying to set the preference shortcut for mission control to Middle Mouse Button. When doing so I get a yellow triangle that says "This mouse button settings conflicts with the settings for another mouse button". The shortcut still works even with the error message. I can't find this button being used anywhere else in system settings. Any ideas on how to find out what the conflict is? Sort of silly it doesn't tell you on the warning tool tip.
Thanks.
I know this is an old problem, but I have spent several hours on several occasions searching the Internet, and I never could find the solution. So I did some digging and testing, and I'm posting the solution for the benefit of others who are still trying to find an answer.
Move the files com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist and com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist.lockfile (if present) from your *user*/Library/Prefrences folder to the trash, then log out and back in. Problem solved.
*Note that this will reset your other user-defined keyboard shortcuts to default.
To get to that folder in Lion or Mountain Lion, from the Finder hold option while clicking on the menu Go, then select Library. Open the Preferences folder, and the offending files will be there.
I was looking for a solution because I have been having trouble with my MBP where often when I click the middle mouse button or use the four finger swipe up to bring up Mission Control, the desktop would go to gray briefly as though it were reloading, and Dashboard would quit. This would happen several times a day, and it was getting annoying. I thought that the button conflict perhaps was causing that problem. It now seems fixed, but I'll need a few days to know for sure. Anyway, the button conflict is gone.
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http://who-t.blogspot.de/2011/09/whats- … lling.html
http://www.x.org/releases/X11R7.7/doc/i … 2proto.txt - v2.2, March 2012: Multitouch support added
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##EDIT##
Please delete this (double post)Did you check the setting?
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