Is there a way to hold down mouse click automatically?

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Is there a way to hold down mouse click automatically?

hello . i play piano in some chat rooms for people but some of them require that you click on a button (mic/talk/voice etc) and hold it down as long as you want to broadcast audio . Is there a way to make the click hold without me holding it so that i can play piano ? Is there a trick to do this or an App that has this function ? thanks

Mac Pro Quad (2 x 2.66 dual core xeon), Mac OS X (10.5.4), 5GB Ram , 1tb external HD , tascam us-122, Yamaha Motif rack , Korg d1200

Posted on Apr 21, 2009 5:51 PM

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Answer 1

BobHarris

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Apr 22, 2009 7:32 PM in response to Pianohero

On the MacBook Pro you need to use the numeric keypad. Since there is not separate keypad, you hold the 'fn' while depressing the m(0), j(1), k(2), l(3 that is lowercase L), u(4), i(5), o(6), 7, 8, 9, .(period)

To hold down the mouse button, you use 'fn' and 'm'

To release you use 'fn' and '.' (period)

I have actually tried this. It does work.

I also selected the press 'Option' 5 times to activate/deactivate, and that worked as well.

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Pianohero Author

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Apr 21, 2009 10:50 PM in response to BobHarris

hello . I tried both suggestions and nothing. In case the question wasnt clear, i need to have teh mouse click held down without me physically holding it down. so i can click something and have the click hold down without my hand, and without me having to put a shoe on my mouse . thanks (for PC they had things called "mic lockers" so im looking for something similar)

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Answer 3

Nick King

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Apr 21, 2009 10:56 PM in response to Pianohero

MouseKeys does what you need. A quick Google search found this...

Although I have not tried it, I understand that when MouseKeys is enabled, pressing the "0" key will lock the button down and pressing the "." key will release the mouse.

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Answer 4

BobHarris

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Apr 21, 2009 7:04 PM in response to Pianohero

Take a look at

System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Mouse & Trackpad

Then use Mac OS X Help and search for "Shortcuts for Mouse Keys"

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