Just updated to Monterey. In previous versions of macOS, you could click and hold on the system preferences icon to see a list of all of the system settings. Right clicking on the icon or click and holding on the icon in the Dock no longer does this.
You can click and hold on the dotted menu at the top of the System Preferences window, but this doesn't seem to work from the Dock anymore. Any ideas why or if this behavior can be turned back on?
i noticed in your second screenshot the the indicator dot for SP is on. if i click and hold the icon while the indicator dot is on, i see what you see.
however, when the indicator dot is off, i then can see the entire list that you want to see.
i noticed in your second screenshot the the indicator dot for SP is on. if i click and hold the icon while the indicator dot is on, i see what you see.
however, when the indicator dot is off, i then can see the entire list that you want to see.
Thanks for posting in the Apple Support Communities Carlos Garcia5,
Does pressing and holding Control on your keyboard, as you click an item in the Dock, or System Preference pane provide the contextual options you're used to?
If so, check your secondary click options in the TrackPad or Mouse pane: Right-click on Mac
We hope this helps!
you're welcome. :) but i think i should add...
Carlos Garcia5 wrote:
but this behavior is different than past versions of MacOS,
what is here today is not necessarily going to be here tomorrow. things change all the time with advancements in macOS. for better or worse.
I don't think it makes sense to have this functionality only work when system preferences is not open
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Yes Jeffrey, you got it, but this behavior is different than past versions of MacOS, where I think this did work when even when System preferences was open (I use this all of the time). Even if that's not the case, I don't think it makes sense to have this functionality only work when system preferences is not open (using option + click, for example).
Thanks again for helping me solve this.
This is not a mouse/trackpad click setting. The behavior is gone in Monterey.
Big Sur (click and hold):
Monterey: no action brings the list up
It is not gone in Monterey. You have to right or control click on the icon…
Well, I am doing that on my computer, and it does not work.
Carlos Garcia5 wrote:
Well, I am doing that on my computer, and it does not work.
Jeffrey is correct. System Preferences has to be closed.
Right Click
or
Option Right Click
that also needs SP to be closed to work.
Option Right click works. That's a change.
Thanks for the solutions.
System prefences icon click and hold
