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OS X trackpad click-to-drag delay

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Mar 15, 20261599 views
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I am so frustrated with the trackpad behavior in OS X. If you turn on "click to drag" with "drag lock" OFF there is still a delay where the mouse is "locked" in drag mode. That is, if I double click and hold to drag a window or slider, I have to wait half a second to let go of whatever I'm dragging…

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Fix for: OS X trackpad click-to-drag delay

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I don't know how to shorten the delay, but dragging with the trackpad annoyed me enough that I wrote an app to make it easier. It is called Click and Drag and lets you use the caps lock key as a mouse down toggle. This means you can hit caps lock an…

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