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#1 2011-02-16 14:16:06

sparks
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left-click percieved as right-click?

Hey, I've had a problem with Scratch on my very slow computer. If I have a large script and try and drag a block or blocks out of the it, the right click menu appears instead of the blocks following the mouse  sad


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#2 2011-02-16 20:28:30

scratch_yoshi
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

Well "slow computer" catches my eye there, but maybe you're accidentally pressing right-mouseclick? Try right-clicking the top of the window(with the close/mini/maximise buttons) and click "VM preferances" and check "3-button" mouse.


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#3 2011-02-17 03:59:09

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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

Happens to me when I'm working on a large project. (Very large. 20 MB.) Make sure that the program is NOT running. It slows it down SO MUCH. Be patient with it.

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#4 2011-02-17 04:42:43

mathematics
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

It's sometimes like that. I'm working a (hopefully 1s1s) project and I find that annoying too.

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#5 2011-02-17 09:40:28

ihaveamac
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

The Scratch Team did this. It is to make it easier for computers with one-button mouses (often Macs) to acually use scratch. Holding the left-button for a little bit brings up the right-click menu.


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#6 2011-02-17 11:27:59

Lightnin
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

ihaveamac wrote:

The Scratch Team did this. It is to make it easier for computers with one-button mouses (often Macs) to acually use scratch. Holding the left-button for a little bit brings up the right-click menu.

Ah, yep! That sounds like the culprit. And if a computer is super slow, you kind of have to hold the mouse button down a long time to wait for it to make the blocks pop up. So that makes the right-click menu come up.


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#7 2011-08-17 23:21:40

ozzy1225
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

how do you use the left click in scratch.

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#8 2011-08-18 00:43:00

veggieman
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

ozzy1225 wrote:

how do you use the left click in scratch.

When Sprite Clicked, and various other blocks. Check the Scratch Wiki at http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/


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#9 2011-08-18 07:05:59

ignore_user
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Registered: 2011-05-24
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Re: left-click percieved as right-click?

veggieman wrote:

ozzy1225 wrote:

how do you use the left click in scratch.

When Sprite Clicked, and various other blocks. Check the Scratch Wiki at http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/

Come on veggie, do a link. >_>
And also, Sparks was talking about clicking to drag a script.  tongue

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