How do you do a middle mouse button?

[davidpsummers]

The VAB now (?) has a middle mouse click to bring up more info. (what info?)

I have a mouse that lets you click the scroll wheel? (I am using a Macbook Pro). That just brings up the widgets. AFAIK, that is defined by the guys that made the mouse (Mac just defines a right and left click?) I don't think PC have them either? (It's a unix thing?).

As you can see, I confused enough I don't really even know the right questions to ask.

[pincushionman]

In Windows we typically have three buttons (left button, right button, and "middle button" which is usually the scroll wheel click. Does Mac still use single-button mice?

[Venusgate]

Yeah, pressing down on a scroll wheel is PC "middle click"

I can't help you with MAC equivilent.

[davidpsummers]

In Windows we typically have three buttons (left button, right button, and "middle button" which is usually the scroll wheel click. Does Mac still use single-button mice?

Well, you can use any mouse you want, even one with 20 buttons. However, the OS, AFAIK (and I haven't paid attention), only defines "click" and "command click". Most mice (again AFAIK) send "command click" when you click the right button, and most game writers (Squad included) use that as "right click". The mice that Apple sells do this these days (have a right and left click). My mouse does send something when I click the scroll wheel button. Currently it brings up the widgets, but I'm not sure how what it sends matches anything else.

What info is middle click suppose to bring up? Does do windows users with track pads do?

[Reddeyfish]

To display part info when selecting a part (not placing it) on windows, it's just right mouse button, not middle mouse button (This is the window that shows things like the exact amount of fuel in a tank, the lift rating of wings, and the exact reaction wheel torque). RMB is also used for opening the menu on placed parts to adjust tweakables.

EDIT: middle mouse button doesn't seem to do anything at all

[Jananton]

...middle mouse button doesn't seem to do anything at all

Hmm, I was wondering about that too. (using Windows scroll wheel).

Maybe it's some functionality left out at the last moment. However I would like to get rid of the message stating to use the middle mouse button, because it obscures the settable options when right clicking on a part.

Greets,

Jan

[sal_vager]

Hold middle mouse and move to pan the view in the SPH, I think it was disabled in the VAB due to the vertical nature of construction in that area

[stibbons]

Clicking the scroll wheel works as a middle mouse click in every self-respecting operating system, for as long as I can remember.

On my OSX laptops, I use Better Touch Tool to map a three-finger click on the trackpad to a middle mouse click.

[Rhomphaia]

Hold middle mouse and move to pan the view in the SPH, I think it was disabled in the VAB due to the vertical nature of construction in that area

Middle mouse and move adjusts zoom in the VAB. Scroll wheel pans (vertical only). Switched around for the SPH

[Jananton]

Middle mouse and move adjusts zoom in the VAB. Scroll wheel pans (vertical only). Switched around for the SPH

Hmm, you could already do that with Shift+Mouse Wheel if I understand you right. Panning around the construction area is done while holding down Right click with the mouse. (while not on a right click-able part obviously)

Greets,

Jan