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Rotating and panning parts with Macbook trackpad

I am using a macbook to do Onshape (and everything else). I am learning to rotate and pan parts in the parts studio. I wonder how to do this as I do not have a right hand mouse button on my mac. Normally there would be gestures that I could use. Pushing control does not seem to convert my click to right click as would sometimes be the case.
Has anyone got suggestions for how to use a Macbook trackpad?
thanks
Hugh
Has anyone got suggestions for how to use a Macbook trackpad?
thanks
Hugh
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bradley_sauln Moderator, Onshape Employees, Developers Posts: 375
Under the trackpad in Systems preferences, you can set your secondary click (aka right mouse click). I like to set it to the bottom right of the trackpad so I can click and then use my other finger to rotate by using the rest of the space.
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Full trackpad multi-touch functionality isn't supported yet. If you haven't, please submit or vote on an product improvement request. This helps us prioritize feature development. Thank you.
I have my MacBook Pro trackpad set up for two finger clicks anywhere on the trackpad.
Rotate: Two finger click and drag rotates around the part
Pan: Control + Two finger click and drag pans
Zoom: Two finger scroll focuses on your mouse
There are days I prefer the trackpad to my 8200 dpi Razer mouse.
We don't have three/four finger support, but what actions would you expect to trigger from using those extra fingers?
If you have a newer MacBook with the solid state trackpad it might be far easier and less of an issue.
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