[OSX-Users] Re: Won't stop selecting OSX issue

Nick Gibbins nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Thu Sep 9 20:18:27 BST 2010


I've noticed this too. Right clicking (well, two finger clicking) stops it.

Nick

On 9 Sep 2010, at 19:41, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:

> I have a recurring bug on my macbook pro laptop. (running 10.6.4)
> 
> I have no idea what causes it, some obscure key combo, perhaps?
> 
> This bug means that every time I click in a window it starts doing a drag-select. One time closing & reopening the laptop seemed to clear it, but this time it required a reboot.  I have a work around so I can cope, but maybe someone on this list has a better solution? (I found a forum full of "me too" reports, no help)
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