Two finger right click on g4 ibook

Hi guys,
I just got an ibook g4 and was wondering if there is such an option or program I can download in order to be able to right click using two fingers on the scroll pad like the MB and MBP.

Sidetrack will allow the right click, however, I believe you lose your ability to two-finger scroll.
The FAQ states:
Q: Does SideTrack support two-finger scrolling on MacBooks and late-model PowerBooks and iBooks (2005 and later)?
A: Two-finger scrolling is a feature of the Apple driver for the USB trackpad hardware found in Apple laptops manufactured after 2005. Installing SideTrack will override the Apple driver and switch the trackpad to SideTrack's features. Support for two-finger scrolling on USB trackpads is being investigated and may appear in a future SideTrack release.
So you lose 2 finger scrolling but SideTrack allows you to scroll single finger.

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Two Finger Right Click on late G4 iBook with USB Trackpad?

I learned that with OSX Version 10.4.7 it is possible to use the two-finger-click instead of ctrl-click for right-clicking. But this only works on the new Intel Macbooks/Pro. Well, this is nice.
For older Laptops with ADB-Trackpad there is a freeware program called iScroll2 which also provides this feature.
For the late 2005 G4 iBooks with USB-trackpads there is apparently nothing:
The feature doesn't come with 10.4.7 here and iScroll2 is ADB-only.
On the one hand I don't really get the problem here, why these machines are not supported.
Since there is no announcement from apple it seems that they are just not interested in supporting computers which have been sold till not even a year ago.
If Apple is definitely not planning to support this in the future I would at least expect that they publish the source for the USB-driver so that the open source communitiy can take care of the problem.
G4 Ibook, among others Mac OS X (10.4.7)

have you tried installing iScroll? I'm pretty sure it
should work...by USB trackpad are you referring to a
trackpad plugged in to your USB port?!? (".)
Maybe I didn't explain it clearly enough in my OP:
The late G4 iBooks have a "Apple Internal Trackpad" which is a USB-Device, whereas older models sport an ADB-trackpad. In the late iBooks ADB is no longer present.
On the iScroll2 page (http://iscroll2.sourceforge.net/) you will find the following information:
"Models that have two-finger scrolling already built-in are not supported! These use a completely different, USB-based trackpad, the driver or which is not available as open source. iScroll2 is based on Apple's AppleADBMouse-209.0.10 driver for the ADB-based trackpads found on older models, which is available as part of the publicly released Darwin source code.."
So again: The feature mentioned in the topic is not provided by Apple, nor is the USB driver source code publicly available making it quite unlikely the OSS community will come up with a solution.

Two finger "right click" no longer works!

This morning using the two-finger click on my MBP 13-inch stopped working. It acts the same way as the one-finger left-click. I have rebooted the computer twice, reset the preferences twice, cleaned the trackpad surface... Nothing.
To say the least, this is annoying. The two-finger scrolling still works fine. I am now using an external mouse but I'd like to get the right click back without resorting to the control key.
Any ideas? Thanks!

MacBook pro forums:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1293

[Solved] Two Finger Right Click not working properly

When I use two fingers to perform a right click for example in chrome, then the context menu appears only for a blink of an eye and disappears directly again. (The issue appears independently from the application - I checked that)
Here is my synclient configuration:
LeftEdge = 1310
RightEdge = 4826
TopEdge = 2220
BottomEdge = 4636
FingerLow = 25
FingerHigh = 30
MaxTapTime = 180
MaxTapMove = 218
MaxDoubleTapTime = 180
SingleTapTimeout = 180
ClickTime = 100
EmulateMidButtonTime = 0
EmulateTwoFingerMinZ = 282
EmulateTwoFingerMinW = 7
VertScrollDelta = 99
HorizScrollDelta = 99
VertEdgeScroll = 0
HorizEdgeScroll = 0
CornerCoasting = 0
VertTwoFingerScroll = 1
HorizTwoFingerScroll = 1
MinSpeed = 1
MaxSpeed = 1.75
AccelFactor = 0.0403307
TouchpadOff = 0
LockedDrags = 0
LockedDragTimeout = 5000
RTCornerButton = 0
RBCornerButton = 0
LTCornerButton = 0
LBCornerButton = 0
TapButton1 = 0
TapButton2 = 0
TapButton3 = 0
ClickFinger1 = 1
ClickFinger2 = 3
ClickFinger3 = 2
CircularScrolling = 0
CircScrollDelta = 0.1
CircScrollTrigger = 0
CircularPad = 0
PalmDetect = 0
PalmMinWidth = 10
PalmMinZ = 200
CoastingSpeed = 20
CoastingFriction = 50
PressureMotionMinZ = 30
PressureMotionMaxZ = 160
PressureMotionMinFactor = 1
PressureMotionMaxFactor = 1
GrabEventDevice = 0
TapAndDragGesture = 1
AreaLeftEdge = 0
AreaRightEdge = 0
AreaTopEdge = 0
AreaBottomEdge = 0
HorizHysteresis = 8
VertHysteresis = 8
ClickPad = 0
I'm on a Lenovo T440p. I once got Ubuntu installed on this machine where right click worked properly so I highly suspect it is not a hardware issue.
EDIT:
Using xev and performing a right click results in
EnterNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563652, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 1024
KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LeaveNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563673, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 1024
ButtonPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563673, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x0, button 3, same_screen YES
EnterNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563673, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyGrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 1024
KeymapNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x0,
keys: 4294967263 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ButtonPress event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563693, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x400, button 1, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563693, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x500, button 3, same_screen YES
ButtonRelease event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x1e00002, time 563812, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
state 0x100, button 1, same_screen YES
LeaveNotify event, serial 32, synthetic NO, window 0x1e00001,
root 0xdf, subw 0x0, time 563772, (44,45), root:(1008,83),
mode NotifyUngrab, detail NotifyInferior, same_screen YES,
focus YES, state 0
Last edited by gladixy (2014-09-21 20:44:27)

Instead of using execution statements involving
synclient
on startup of X I'm now using /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf for configuring my settings. This solved the problem.
I realized by the way that in my former setup no matter how many fingers I used for pressing down the ClickPad it did always perform a normal click in addition. That is why the context menu disappeared right away: It performed a mixture of a right and left click.
@Head_on_a_Stick: No Problem, your attempt to help is much appreciated
Last edited by gladixy (2014-09-21 16:33:11)

Did 10.4.7 enable two finger right click?

I already had the hack installed but not after the upgrade to 10.4.7 I don't have to toggle it off/on after reboot so it seems like the os update addressed this issue. Can anyone confirm this, just curious?

Just in case it help anyone:
15" MacBook Pro 2.0GHz/100GB (7200rpm)/2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.6) 400MHz G4 (Sawtooth); Airport network; 60GB iPod photo; Dell-in-the-Closet

Two finger secondary click not working!

I have a 15" Macbook Pro with Retina. Brand new as of December 2012-
I have searched everywhere for a solution to this! I have solved the problem only for a few minutes at a time by entering a short script into terminal, but nothing has worked permanently. I can get the secondary two finger TAP to work, but I can't seem to make the click to work... And yes, the option is set to work.
When I log in as a guest, the feature does work, which seems to indicate that the problem is confined to my user account. Can anyone help? I would appreciate anything!
Drew

System Preferences > Trackpad > Point & Click
Uncheck all 4 boxes and recheck them back.
Restart the computer.

Windows 8.1 Two Finger Tap Right Click

So, for anyone who has upgraded to 8.1 and suddenly lost their two finger tap right click functionality, I highly suggest that you use this: http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-enable-two-finger-tap-for-right-click-in-windows/. It restores the functionality of the trackpad and does not interfere with the synaptics clickpad. Just make sure that if your synaptics two finger scroll still works, you turn OFF that feature in the downloaded app.
Until HP figures out how to make their software compatible with 8.1 (which, if they're listening, SHOULD NOT BE AT ALL DIFFICULT NEARLY TWO WEEKS AFTER LAUNCH), this is an acceptable workaround. Also, I'm sure many of you have already figured this out, but HP customer service is atrocious and definitely not worth your time. If you ask them how to solve this, they'll tell you to restore your PC to factory settings and completely reinstall Windows 8.1.
I hope this helps anyone else who's experiencing this problem, as I only decided to post it after spending several hours fruitlessly searching for a solution.

On updating from windows 8 to windows 8.1, my Synaptics touch-pad lost the two finger right-click gesture.
Even after frustatingly trying to install-uninstall new driver software, problem didn't solve.
Finally I find the solution in registry entry:-
Go to Start > Run and type Regedit in Windows 7, or in Windows 8 type Regedit at the start screen.
Once open navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Synaptics > SynTP > TouchpadPS2
There, right click and select New, DWORD Value. Name the value '2FingerTapAction'. Once created, double click it and set the Value Data to '2'.
If '2FingerTapAction' is already there, double click it and set the Value Data to '2'.
On certain systems the registry folder where the "2FingerTapAction" key is located may be named differently. e.g. On Envy x2 it is called "TouchPadRMIHID2c".
Then log off and log on, and it should all work. Easy.
I hope the problem is resolved.

No Right-Click or Two-Finger Scroll in Boot Camp

I have had an odd problem. It looks like others are seeing this too, but I wanted to record my observations.
Recently I have begun to notice that after booting into Windows 7 Pro (64-bit), I will briefly have two-finger right-click and two-finger scroll capabilities, but then these just go away. I have tried deleting the trackpad drivers that came with Boot Camp 3.2 per what I have seen on other threads, but that makes no difference. I also downloaded and reinstalled Boot Camp 3.2/64-bit; again, no difference.
If anyone has any ideas, I would be happy to entertain them. Thanks!

Ok this situation appears resolved on my MBPro so here is my handy guide.
1) Visit Apples Product Support Page and Download this AppleBCUpdate Windows Executable
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL874
a) Download AppleBCUpdate.exe
2) Visit RarLabs and Download a Shiny New Binarry of WinRAR (Demo/ShareWare)
a) http://rarlabs.com/download.htm
b) Be sure to get the Latest WinRAR 64x Version
3) Visit your AppleBCUpdate.exe download location and Extract the Internal Driver Files (NOTE: This APP Will NOT Execute on a Windows 7 x64 Machine simply use WinRAR to UNARCHIVE)
a) Right-Click AppleBCUpdate.exe, Select Extract Files Here
b) Navigate to the New Foldier Created by WinRAR's Unarchive of AppleBCUpdate.exe (P.S. It should be named 'AppleBCUpdate')
c) Locate AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64.exe
* Right-Click this program and also Extract Files Here (that is use WinRAR to unarchive)
d) Navigate to 'AppleMultiTouchTrackPadInstaller64'
* See the Lovely Driver Files??? :B
4) Perform a Manual Install of the AppleMTP64 (This is your working x64 Multi-Touch TrackPad Driver)
a) Visit StartMenu->Computer
b) (Right-Click) Select 'Properties'
c) Select 'Device Manager'
d) Select the 'Human Interface Devices" Tab
* Target -> "Apple Multitouch" driver
* Note: This Driver may say something similar like: "Apple Touchpad"
* Tip: Make Sure it is NOT: Apple Keyboard, Mouse, IR Receiver, Wireless Mouse, Bluetooth Controll Receiver, or any of those other 'HID-Compliant Devices'
* Once you have Determined Your Driver the -FUN- Begins
5) Select 'Update Driver'
a) Use the "Browse My Computer For Software" option (Manditory)
b) Select "Let Me Pick a List of Drivers for My Software" (Or whatever it says)
c) Select "Have Disk" Button and Point to the Location of "AppleMTP64"
* This driver means "Apple Multi Touch Pad 64" NOTE: Do not use AppleMTM64 as that is a Mouse Driver (..and using that driver is an erronius procedure )
d) Once the Driver is Loaded "Apple Multitouch" should be listed as a compatable Driver.
* This is the Updated Version of the Best Working Driver
6) Reboot and Enjoy
ATTN: I belive this problem is cause by two Factors
1) Apple did not build an Executable for Updating Windows 7 64bit with ApplePCUpdate 1.1
* You have to extract all the special files to get it to work
2) Window 7 'as-cool-as-it-might-be' does not always utalize the 'Best' Driver for your system, as so prevailantly obvious for their systems.
ALSO:
Visit: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1066 to Update your MultiTouch TrackPad for MacOSX (it may help)
Above all I have tested this workaround a little bit and it appears to be working pretty good. ("p)

Two finger tap not activating right-cick menu Windows 8.1

Hi
I was a happy Ideapad U310 touch user until I upgraded to Windows 8.1. I've been facing a couple of issues since then. One of them releates to my touchpad. Previously, I could bring up the pop up menu/right click menu by quickly tapping two fingers. After getting Win 8.1 that seems to have stopped working. I hape checked the Synaptics setting but that hasn't solved the problem. Any ideas?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I was having the same problem buddy, i posted here in this forum but no one replied so i went ahead and searched more bout this issue
Turns out its a bug with Windows 8.1 itself as many other laptops from other manufacturers are also facing the same problem
And as of now the only solution is to use a third party program to emulate two finger right click
https://code.google.com/p/two-finger-scroll/downloads/list
download the latest version and configure it to use no scrolling and two fingers for right click, let it start with windows on startup and its should work fine

Tapping trackpad w/ 2 fingers to serve as a right-click?

Hi,
I just got a new BlacBook, my first ever laptop. Currently, in order to right-click , I am placing two fingers on the trackpad and pushing down on the button. However I understand that there is a way to right-click by simply tapping two fingers on the trackpad. So far, I have been unsuccessful in figuring out how to do this. Would somebody please post here in detail how to setup and implement this feature? I would sincerely appreciate it.
Thanks,
Harbeth
iMac G5 & BlacBook

I think what has some people confused is that the "Tap Trackpad with two fingers for secondary click" option is only displayed when you check the "Clicking" box. It's not grayed out as you sometimes get when an option is not available... it is simply not shown at all until you select "Clicking".
Now... what I can't understand is why they can't build the driver like that for Windows under BootCamp. The biggest thing that I've had a problem with using Windows under BootCamp is no "tap to click" support. I thought the latest BootCamp update drivers would do this when I read that it enabled two finger right clicking... but you have to place two fingers on the trackpad and click the mouse button... this is hardly an easy gesture. I'm not sure I see why they haven't built this into the Windows driver. At least the it works under Parallels that way.

Which "Build" or "Rev" (MBP 15 & Right Click)

I just purchased (yesterday) a 2.16 15" MBP. I know the MB and the 17 MBP have the two-finger, right-click feature, and it was my understanding (before yesterday) that the 15" MBP did NOT offer that feature. However, the Tampa Apple Store's display 15" DID have the right-click option. I asked the salesperson about it, and he said that the new build 15s came with the right-click driver.
So, I asked for THAT build.
Got home, set it up, and there was NO option for two-finger right-clicking.
Can someone confirm that the recent builds of the 15 MBP DO have the two-finger, right-click option? Also, how do I tell which build or Rev I own? I plan to return this MBP to the Apple Store in exchange for the more recent build (by the way, the updates do not include the driver).

If the new right click option was available for the
15-inch MBP, it would likely be plastered all over
the place on this site and elsewhere. I’m a bit
conservative when it comes to bolt-on features so I’m
inclined to wait for Apple’s official release.
Regards,
It works on mine, as described in the message above pointing you to system preferences trackpad options.
My 15" MBP is a week 16 machine.
Personally, I know that Macs have always had 1 button mouse, but it's just silly to stay that way, and then have to build OS fixes to add all the features on the right click. Probably my biggest single annoyance since moving to Mac from PC.

Enable Right Click, Vista 64, MacBook Pro.

Hello everyone. I recently installed Windows Vista 64bit Business edition on my Early 2008 MacBook Pro. Everything seems to be working so far, but I'm unable to get right-click working. I've tried CTRL-click, FN-CTRL-click, and every other combination under the sun. Boot Camp 2.1 is installed, with all the correct drivers, without error. I don't see any options for mouse or trackpad in the Boot Camp control panel. Any advice/assistance would be appreciated... thanks!

An alternative to this is a two-finger tap on the trackpad, but this is switched off by default. Go to Control Panel->Boot Camp->Trackpad tab, and switch the two-finger right-click (tap) on from there.
Hamish

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The right click function has stoped working? any idea how to remediate?

It could be as simple as not having the two-finger secondary click function enabled in the Trackpad seetings in System Preferences.
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Right-click functionality has stopped working

Hi everyone, I'm having issues with the right-click functionality in my Captivate project.
I have:
Turned off accessibility
Set the Global Security settings so that the files I'm referring to are in a trusted location
Here's the problem - the files I have are sitting on a shared drive. The users and I all have the same versions of Flash Player and Internet Explorer, and we all have our Global Security Settings set to trust the location (because we've put the settings into the environment so it always applies). The issue is, the right-click works for me, but it doesn't work for my users. The only difference is, I have the Adobe Captivate and Flash software installed (hence have the Flash Player that is installed when they are installed) and my users don't.
Can you please help me? Are there any areas we should be looking at?

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Does Control-Click work? (holding the CONTROL key, while clicking)

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anyone have a fix?

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