Magicprefs not recognizing my magic mous update#
This is something i’m going to go back and fix, but i don’t feel the need to update the code here.Īfter filtering out the event types i don’t care about, i check that the event came from the HID device with the same ID as my magic trackpad. I tied into the multi touch framework with this callbackĪs you can see right off, I didn’t set up the mask like I should have when i tied into the event tap, so i filter out the undesired events manually. This comes in handy when something causes the event loop to be upset with my app. This allows me to disable the app if I ever have the need. At runtime, I created a menu item with an Enable/Disable and Quit button. Everything can fit in the app delegate.Īpplication is agent ( UIElement ) : YES inside my ist so that nothing shows up in the dock. The app I threw together is really quite simple. MTDeviceCreateDefault should always give you the one that’s built into the laptop that way you’d never have to go through the trouble of debugging to figure out what your trackpad’s id is. MTDeviceCreateList or if you’re on a macbook You could certainly hook up to all multi touch devices in a loop with I just happened to know (from debugging) that for me it’sĠx400000015dd4d84. Also in this code chunk I got my device by it’s ID. Unfortunately, the multi touch framework will only tell you information about the touches, it doesn’t tell you when clicks happen – which is why you need to know about the event loop.
TouchCallback as a function to execute when stuff happens, and then start monitoring the multi touch frame. This will get a reference to the device you want to monitor, add With all that in place, you can hook into the multi touch to recognize when a user touches the trackpad. System / Library / PrivateFrameworks / MultitouchSupport. With the header added to your Xcode project, you need to link to But I did this so long ago that I’m not positive. I think it came from a mix of this github, and FingerMgmt. I think that I ended up with a self-modified version. You need to get yourself a copy of the multi touch headers. It’s pretty complex as it relies on you having some knowledge about the subject ahead of time, but that’s ok.
Magicprefs not recognizing my magic mous windows#
But if you want to just make the right half of the track pad be recognized as a right click, you’re out of luck.īut in one of the windows buried deep inside one of those two apps (don’t remember which) I found a vague reference to FingerMgmt, and I spent some time looking at the source. If you want to be able to have gestures to play/pause, skip, previous, run an apple script or all sorts of other crazy things, BetterTouchTool or MagicPrefs has got you covered. I started off by looking for an existing tool such as BetterTouchTool or MagicPrefs to see if I could accomplish my goal, but was quickly underwhelmed. Most of what I know on the subject came from pouring over the source of FingerMgmt. If you link in Apple’s multi touch api, and you have the right headers, you can do some pretty neat things.
Just undocumented, and not really intended for anyone else to know about/use. It was originally going to be part of this post, but it got a little long.
I’m going to assume at this point that you understand the basics of the event tap. AKA, making the magic mouse work the way it should have to begin with. So my solution to the problem was to write an application to make it so the whole right half of the trackpad is recognized as a right click. Instead, i spend way too much time fighting against the man. Why is it that on this giant beast of a trackpad, there’s less than one square inch of a right click region? That is completely useless, which is why so many people go with a two finger click, or control clicking. And this is a picture where a piece of paper is covering the part of the trackpad that is recognized as a right click I tend to keep my hand in the center of this giant thing. I can comfortably stretch my hand over the trackpad and scroll, swipe, pinch, etc with no problems whatsoever. It is beautiful and lovely (if you ignore my shadow). Like the computer gods intended.Īll sacrilege aside, I have always been really pissed about how Apple hasn’t been able to get their act together when it comes to a right mouse click. I like myself a good ol’ fashion right mouse click. Let me preface by saying, I am not one of you. Many people who use the Magic Trackpad (or the Macbook’s trackpad) prefer to do a two finger click instead of a right mouse click. Funny enough, I actually did all of this work a while ago, before apple announced their new trackpad thingy.
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