Trackpad button for left-handed mouse users

Dunno if this has been documented elsewhere.
When PC style mouse is set-up for left handed use and then disconnected, the trackpad button remains useless and can only be used IF secondary button click is active.
Regards,
MS

Balthasar Schopman wrote:
Incredible. I experience the same problem as the people above.
When I change the primary button, to use the mouse with my left hand, and disconnect the mouse, the click on the trackpad changes to a secondary-button-click. That's terrible! I can't even change it back without connecting the mouse again!
This wasn't the case in Tiger, I'm sure. Please Apple, fix this problem!
This is a user to user forum.
You can contact Apple from the link bottom right or file a bug report:
https://bugreport.apple.com
I am ambidextrous and when I use the mouse with my left hand I never change the buttons.

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