Middle Mouse Button Click via Hotkey Modifier in OSX?

If you can hold the control key and click to get a right click, is there another modifier key you can hold to get a middle mouse button click. I don't think there is, so is there a way to create one?

Kieran

Posted 2012-04-26T03:42:41.867

Reputation: 61

What mouse do you use? Or do you have a trackpad? – slhck – 2012-04-26T06:30:40.190

I use Wacom or a trackpad in my MBP. – Kieran – 2012-05-03T21:19:24.983

Answers

One option would be to use KeyRemap4MacBook:

You can add custom settings in private.xml. See the source for the key and button constants and predefined settings.

Lri

Posted 2012-04-26T03:42:41.867

Reputation: 34 501

Now called Karabiner. (https://pqrs.org/osx/karabiner/index.html.en)

– Mark Ribau – 2014-07-30T22:05:42.453

Command key+click will normally act as a middle mouse click. For example, Command+click a link in a web browser like Safari will act like a middle mouse click.

Oni

Posted 2012-04-26T03:42:41.867

Reputation: 11

Command+Click will probably serve for most people, however it is not a "true middle click", in the sense that the app doesn't appear to be sent a middle click. I have used Karabiner to have fn+Click act as middle click as well as BetterTouchTool to get four finger tap act as middle click. (I could not get BTT to play nice with three finger drag and taps.) – Mark Ribau – 2014-07-30T22:04:50.277

I often use MagicPrefs when I need to change anything with my mice for Mac OS X.

It allows to you set all sorts of bindings for the Magic Mouse, Magic Track Pad, or Mac Book Track Pad.

al3xnull

Posted 2012-04-26T03:42:41.867

Reputation: 101

I used Option + Command + click (note: this was using the Acme editor so there could have been some internal mapping)

chrischris

Posted 2012-04-26T03:42:41.867

Reputation: 101

-1

I use MiddleClick and it works well for me: https://github.com/cl3m/MiddleClick (from github)

Emulate a middleclick with triple tap on MacBook trackpad and Magic Mouse. Use private osx api for using the macbook multitouch trackpad code and some middleclick code.

Not maintained anymore

sabbour

Posted 2012-04-26T03:42:41.867

Reputation: 99

While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - From Review

– Burgi – 2018-01-31T09:02:57.020

@burgi so what do you want me to include exactly? The link contains the download link and I don't suppose there is a way to upload the file here. – sabbour – 2018-02-01T11:42:55.600