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Re: Mouse

From Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Mouse
Date 2020-08-10 13:32 +0000
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On 10 Aug 2020 at 11:38:59 BST, Jaimie Vandenbergh
<jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:

> On 9 Aug 2020 at 19:19:21 BST, "Tim" <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> 
>> I got a Magic Mouse 2 and while mostly very nice it has some issues:
>> 
>> 1) Sometimes it decides to ignore being moved or scrolled, and I have to
>> whack
>> it with a sledgehammer to remind it who's boss.
> 
> When mine does that, it's always a cat hair across the laser hole. Quick blow
> sorts that out.

OK I'll try that.

>> 2) macOS appears to treat it as a track-pad. This means that webpages or any
>> app using a container based on WebKit is subject to the revolting
>> rubber-banding effect, even for content that has no scroll-bars.
> 
> Weird hill to die on, but you're factually right.
> 
>> 2) Worse, though, is that as I said, the wheel acts as a button, which when
>> clicked appears to bring up the Dashboard. But the Mouse portion of the
>> Control Panel is very basic and doesn't mention the third button at all.
> 
> BetterTouchTool might be able to reallocate that middlebutton. 
> 
> Is the mouse pressing F12? You may be able to see it doing that on the
> Keyboard Viewer, which is on the Input Menu icon (enable that icon in Sys
> prefs/Input Sources). If it is you can use Keyboard/Shortcuts to change what
> F12 does.

You sure? I open Keyboard Viewer, and even F12 doesn't show F12 pressed on
this 2018 Mini with Mojave.latest. Keyboard is several years old, a wired
Apple one with keypad.

-- 
Tim

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Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-09 18:19 +0000
  Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-09 14:26 -0400
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-09 21:23 +0000
      Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-09 17:30 -0400
        Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 23:50 +0000
          Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 08:04 -0400
            Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:17 +0000
        Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 08:10 +0000
          Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 08:04 -0400
            Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 13:29 +0000
              Re: Mouse nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-08-10 09:45 -0400
            Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:15 +0000
      Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-09 23:52 +0000
  Re: Mouse Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-08-10 07:35 +0000
    Re: Mouse snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2020-08-10 08:56 +0100
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 08:19 +0000
      Re: Mouse Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-10 15:50 +0100
        Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 17:27 +0000
          Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-10 17:43 +0000
            Re: Mouse Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-08-11 17:30 +0000
              Re: Mouse Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2020-08-11 18:43 +0000
              Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-11 21:32 +0000
  Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-10 10:38 +0000
    Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-10 13:32 +0000
      Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-10 16:23 +0000
        Re: Mouse Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-08-18 10:10 +0100
          Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-18 09:48 +0000
            Re: Mouse Sak Wathanasin <sw@nan.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 01:38 -0700
              Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-20 09:51 +0000
                Re: Mouse Elliott Roper <nospam@yrl.co.uk> - 2020-08-20 11:26 +0000
                Re: Mouse Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-08-20 19:13 +0000
                Re: Mouse Tim <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2020-08-20 21:42 +0000
  Re: Mouse Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-08-10 11:41 +0100
  Re: Mouse bob <email@domain.com> - 2020-08-10 16:30 +0200
    Re: Mouse Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2020-08-10 16:41 +0100

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