Dragging windows and selecting text in Lion

Question

Level 1

20 points

Dragging windows and selecting text in Lion

Under SL I was able to drag windows and select multiple items and text by using the double-tap-with-hold gesture with a single finger on the Magic Trackpad. Under Lion this does not appear to work (all other gestures seem to work ok, including single finger tap). I can still move windows and select text if I click on the trackpad and hold, but then I have a very limited range of motion (and it's not very convenient).

Does this double-tap-with-hold gesture for for anyone in Lion? If so, what are your Trackpad settings in System Preferences? I have everything other than 3 finger drag checked.

Any other ideas as to what might be causing this?

Thanks,

Bart

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7), 3.4/27"+24",2TB,16GB

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 5:41 PM

Reply

Answer 1

barrrt Author

Level 1

20 points

Jul 20, 2011 7:06 PM in response to barrrt

Found the option to enable this behavior... it's not in Trackpad preferences, but in Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad > Trackpad options, then Dragging checkbox and "with Drag Lock" drop down.

Bart

Reply

Answer 2

Jul 20, 2011 11:54 PM in response to barrrt

Thanks for this. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't drag lock with a single finger and this answer re Universal Access options did the trick for me.

Reply