CICider9986·Mar 17, 2026Submission
1 points · Open discussionartginzburg
MiddleClick
Swift2023–2026
artginzburg / MiddleClick
MiddleClick
"Wheel click" with three-finger click/tap for Trackpad and Magic Mouse.
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6Mentions
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What it is
"Wheel click" with three-finger click/tap for Trackpad and Magic Mouse.
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| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
6 sourcesI didn't. It is a work machine.
I smashed my right arm to bits in early 2023. I was unable to use that hand for months. I asked for a machine which could take dictation. This is what I got.
And I have to admit, it's now my go-to machine for remote events, conferences and so on; it replaced my Planet Computers Gemini.
But actually working at a desk using the thing is not very pleasant. I regularly see MacBook fans praising the keyboard and the trackpad, but IMHO they are awful.
E.g. I am often told that macOS includes middle-click support, by people who don't know that their mouse has 3 buttons. The existence of this paid app:
https://middleclick.app/
And multiple generations of this FOSS alternative:
https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick
... effectively falsify that.
In ThinkPad designer David Hill on unreleased modelsOn my work MacBook Air, I installed a FOSS app.
https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-Sonoma
Works well, but I miss the physical middle button on my Thinkpads.
The chording isn't really cumbersome, just unfamiliar. You get used to it quite quickly with a few tens of minutes of practice.
In MacRelix – Unix-like features for classic Mac OSMiddleClick is a free app that brings middle click functionality: https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-Sonoma
In Asahi Linux project's OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses AppleNot by default, they don't. I recently got a Macbook from work, an M1 running the latest macOS, and there is no middle-click. There is no built-in function to enable it, either.
This being the Mac world, there's a well-known commercial tool to provide it:
https://middleclick.app/
I found a FOSS equivalent:
https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-Ventura
In The Xerox Smalltalk-80 GUI Was WeirdNot sure if it's the exact same app, but this one works as well:
https://github.com/artginzburg/MiddleClick-Ventura
In An open-source mouse and trackpad utility for Mac