Icons in menu bar

Mike Hore mike_hore at aapt.net.au
Tue Nov 7 21:55:31 UTC 2006


Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> On 11/7/06, Mike Hore <mike_hore at aapt.net.au> wrote:
>   
>> Hi Eamonn,
>>     
>>> On 11/7/06, Mike Hore <mike_hore at aapt.net.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Hi Sebastian and Eamonn,
>>>>
>>>> Ah, you haven't seen my post in the Mac PPC Users' forum.  I have a
>>>> one-button mouse.  I can't right-click, and so far nobody's told me how
>>>> to!!!
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Ah, sorry. My current iMac uses a "supermouse" or whatever that's
>>> called -- with the little ball on the top. Perhaps the usual
>>> substitutes work, like Option-Click or Command-Click? One of the
>>> Apple-only keys. Next would be to try Ctrl or shift click.
>>>
>>>       
>> No, none of those work. So far the only advice I've got about the mouse
>> is to use things like
>> xmodmap -e 'keycode 96=Pointer_Button3'
>>
>> But I can't get that to have any effect when I hit the function key. So
>> although I'm very short of $$$ at the moment I'll probably have to shell
>> out for a new mouse (a scroll wheel would be very nice). Still, as you
>> say, there ought to be a solution. I just haven't hit on it yet.
>>
>>     
> Did you try F12? A google search seemed to indicate those were Gnome's
> substitution for right clicking, for one-button mice.
>   

Yes, I tried that, but it does nothing at all on my system.

-- Mike.





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