I've noticed that Ctrl+LeftClick emulates RightClick (the same way Apple+LeftClick emulates the MiddleClick). Is there any way to disable the default action for Ctrl+LeftClick on OS X? (currently using 10.5).
Update: I am using a four-button Logitech "UltraX Optical Mouse," nothing fancy:
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I'm having difficulties doing Ctrl+Click in VNC clients when I'm connected to Windows XP machines.
When using OS X's built-in Screen Sharing as your Mac's VNC client, then Ctrl-click is sent to Windows servers just fine. (You'll actually need a multi-button mouse then to do a Windows-like right-click. That is: the only way I know how to do a right-click in a Windows-session with Screen Sharing is actually right-clicking.)
To start Screen Sharing, hit Cmd-K in Finder and type some URL that starts with vnc:// To create a shortcut in 10.6, first connect to the remote server and then drag the proxy-icon (the little icon in the menu bar, left of window title) somewhere. In 10.5, one can create a shortcut by dragging the vnc:// URL from the Safari location bar (address bar) instead.
Use shift + ctrl + right click to get the the normal ctrl + right click functionality in VNC to Windows or VMWare etc.
Tested in OSX 10.7.4 with Windows in VMWare 4.
It's part of the OS. Ctrl+Click is the command for a context menu.
Some (not all) mouse drivers support right-clicking to emulate ctrl-click. Not the other way around. If you don't use it, then don't use it. Nobody is forcing you to, and no Mac application will use ctrl-click for anything else. (Command-click, yes, like Illustrator.)
3I just had the same problem using the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client.
What actually works: Clicking first and then pressing Ctrl instead of the other way around.
Try
cmd + clickThis will fall back to
ctrl + clickIn most of the applications.
Confirmed to work in Google music for me.
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