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Re: Unwanted pop-up menu

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In article <cqupn7FbukpU1@mid.individual.net>, Athel Cornish-Bowden
<athel_cb@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> In the past, if I clicked somewhere in a document the pointer would go 
> to that point, and if I double-clicked it would select the word I 
> clicked on. Increasingly often, however, it behaves as if I had the 
> ctrl key down at the time of my action. So, instead of selecting the 
> word I clicked on it offers a pop-up menu that I don't usually want. In 
> the Finder, for example, clicking on "Macintosh HD" gives a menu that 
> starts with Open, Get Info, etc. In TexShop it starts with "Sync", but 
> the principle is the same.

You are describing the effects of a right click.  It can also be
triggered by a two-fingered tap on the trackpad (and maybe on the Magic
Mouse as well).

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Unwanted pop-up menu Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel_cb@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-06 17:19 +0200
  Re: Unwanted pop-up menu Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-05-06 08:46 -0700
  Re: Unwanted pop-up menu Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-05-06 08:58 -0700
    Re: Unwanted pop-up menu Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-05-07 09:31 +1200
      Re: Unwanted pop-up menu Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel_cb@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-05-07 10:21 +0200

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