How to turn off ctrl-click as right-click?

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How to turn off ctrl-click as right-click?

Does anybody know how to stop the control-click combo from emulating a right-click?

I've been searching, and the only solutions I've seen are people posting application specific workarounds. Seems like there should be a way to turn it off completely.

2GHz Core Duo 20" iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 3, 2008 11:42 AM

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Jul 3, 2008 11:43 AM in response to Shimoyake

Can i ask why do you want to switch it off?

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Király

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Jul 3, 2008 11:47 AM in response to Shimoyake

Control-click doesn't emulate a right click. It's the other way around. a right click emulates a control-click. It's a chicken-and-egg kind of thing. The control-click came first.

Control-click has been the standard way to bring up contextual menus for at least a decade on Mac OS and OS X. It predates the prevalence of the two-button mouse. I don't think there's a way to turn it off.

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