Right-clicking with the trackpad button?

Hi,
Is there a way to enable the trackpad button on my Macbook to right-click? If there is, would someone please post how to do it. Thanks in advance. I appreciate it.
Harbeth
iMac G5 & BlackBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
There are a couple of different ways. If you hold down on the "control" key while you click, you will get the contextual menus. Also, in the Mouse & Keyboard System Preferences, under the "Trackpad" tab, you should be able to enable the two-finger clicking to get the contextual menu (if it's not already enabled). In other words, if you're holding down on the keypad with two fingers while you click, you'll get the right-click menu.
-Doug

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