For some reason, double clicking the trackpad button or with one finger on the trackpad itself (tap-tap, essentially), does not do what it used to. For instance, if I go to the URL box/bar on the top of Safari double clicking no longer highlights the entire URL string so I can delete it. I manually have to drag from one side to the other, or click the little website icon in the left of the box. In every single application, double clicking (or tapping) no longer highlights text.
It's a pain to always have to drag all the time. Anyone know why this could be? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My MacBook Pro is making me angry! 15 inch MacBook Pro - Early 2008 10.5.5 iPhone 3G 16 GB black. Figured it out Thanks for all your help/suggestions.
Jan 08, 2008 Click the mouse at the beginning of the text you need to copy. Keep pressed and move over the entire text you want to highlight. Now it is highlighted. Press command C on your keyboard, now it is copied. Then place your cursor where you want to paste and click once, then press command V on your keyboard and thats it. Dec 24, 2015 Hello, I have Open Office Writer and am having an issue with doc files not functioning properly. I cannot left click and drag to select a line of text.
I FINALLY figured it out. I went into System Preferences - Keyboard and Mouse - Trackpad, and noticed the 'slide icon' for Double Click Speed was moved all the way to the right, meaning that the computer would only recognize a double click (or double tap on the trackpad) if done extremely rapidly. Furthermore, I moved the 'slide icon' a few notches to the left and now it works perfect again. Just as it should for the click, double-click (word highlighting), and triple click (line, paragraph, etc., highlighting). For some reason, double clicking the trackpad button or with one finger on the trackpad itself (tap-tap, essentially), does not do what it used to.
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For instance, if I go to the URL box/bar on the top of Safari double clicking no longer highlights the entire URL string so I can delete it. I manually have to drag from one side to the other, or click the little website icon in the left of the box. In every single application, double clicking (or tapping) no longer highlights text. It's a pain to always have to drag all the time.
Anyone know why this could be? Any help would be greatly appreciated. My MacBook Pro is making me angry! 15 inch MacBook Pro - Early 2008 10.5.5 iPhone 3G 16 GB black. Click to expand.I have a MacBook Pro working on OS X Yosemite 10.10.5 and having been having the same issue.
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I tried all the recommendations from previous posters, as this is an older post, and none worked. I have a couple reports due to today and this has been driving me nuts.
So I have spent the last hour or so trying to fix it and just did. This is what worked for me: System Preferences Keyboard adjust Delay Until Repeat to the right (short) by one notch. Hope this is helpful to someone else.
My mouse is currently having trouble with Click and Drag. It moves well, it clicks well (including double click); but it will not click and drag correctly. When dragging it just drops the highlighted area almost immediately after starting it.
The operating system is Windows 7 x6, and the mouse is a Microsoft 5 Button laser wired model that's approximately 3 years old. The problem is relatively new, but has been happening consistently for several weeks through several reboots.
Is there anything to try besides buying a new mouse? I've been experiencing this problem off and on for a year now, since March 2014. Most online forums provide as work arounds instead of addressing the actual issue.
Although there was one post that led me to pay attention to the save function. Through observation, I have been able to determine that the source of the problem lies with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office's implementation of Autosave.
More directly, anytime a Microsoft Office product is performing a save function, the ability to left click and drag is lost. Yesterday, I disabled the Save AutoRecover feature in Microsoft Word and regained the ability to click and drag. I shutdown my computer last night. This morning less than 2 hours after booting up, I lost the ability to click and drag while working in Word. Funny.I did however have Microsoft Excel running with two worksheets; and, Save AutoRecover was enabled. So, I closed Excel and immediately regained click and drag function within Microsoft Word.
If someone else can please test my hypothesis and confirm, this would be greatly appreciated.