#Bettersnaptool mac os lion how to

(tap with two fingers, this one can easily create false positives because it often happens that you have two fingers on the mouse… so check if it works for you) (move one finger right, conflicts with scrolling so only use in apps where you can’t scroll or if you have disabled single finger scrolling) (move one finger left, conflicts with scrolling so only use in apps where you can’t scroll or if you have disabled single finger scrolling) (move one finger down, conflicts with scrolling so only use in apps where you can’t scroll or if you have disabled single finger scrolling) (move one finger up, conflicts with scrolling so only use in apps where you can’t scroll or if you have disabled single finger scrolling) (Tap with one finger directly ABOVE the apple drawn on the magic mouse) (Tap with one finger somewhere on the mouse, only useful if you don’t use single finger tap left, right or middle)

(Tap with one finger on the middle of the mouse, the area is configurable) (Tap with one finger on the right half of the mouse, the area is configurable) (Tap with one finger on the left half of the mouse, the area is configurable) While in live view no action will actually be executed! Some gestures are only recognized if they are added to your gesturelist. Here you see the last gesture performed and the connected action (the number before is the time, every time this number changes the gesture has been recognized).In the screenshot above the orange bar shows the range in which a single finger middleclick will be recognized. Here you can select different areas which will be shown in the view.Assign the predefined action and you are done. Then add a new shortcut, instead of selecting a gesture from a list you have to press the keys you want to use as shortcut. In order to use shortcuts for triggering predefined actions just go to the keyboard tab in the main view (available with versions >= 0.5185 )

#Bettersnaptool mac os lion how to

How to use keyboard shortcuts to trigger predefined actions Here you can see some configured gestures: If a predefined action is selected and at the same time a shortcut is entered in the shortcut field, the predefined action will be sent, not the shortcut. It will be executed if you perform the gesture. Here you can select one of the predefined actions (see list & description of all predefined actions).If you want to be able to record shortcuts that are used by other programs you’ll have to activate access for assistive devices in your System Preferences => Universal Access. With shortcuts you can control nearly everything in every program. Here you can enter shortcuts that will be sent to the system if you perform the selected gesture.For most gestures you’ll want to select “none”. If you select one of them you’ll have to press it while performing the selected gesture in order to trigger the action you connected to the gesture. Select the one you want by clicking on it.

If you hit it you’ll see a list of available gestures.

After you hit the “Add new gesture” button this one will become available.

Here you can add or remove applications.

If you set gestures while “global” is selected, the gesture will work in every app unless a specific app overwrites it (uses the same gesture). You can set different gestures for different apps.

Here you have to select the application for which the gesture you add will work.

If you hit export it will create a file with all your gestures in it (touchpad and magic mouse) and lets you save it.

This is for creating / importing / exporting sets of gestures.

While live view is open gestures will have no effect! Also you can see which gesture was just executed. It will show you exactly how BTT sees your fingers. The live view can show all your fingers BTT recognizes.

This button deletes the gesture which is selected in the table above.

Press it and in the table above a new entry will be created.

This button is the first step in adding a new gesture.

Here you can select if you want to set the gesture for Magic Mouse or for the Trackpad or for the Keyboard (Shortcuts are available with versions >= 0.5185).

After you have opened the window you’ll see this:.

You can open the preferences window using the menubar icon.

General BetterTouchTool Settings (to be done)īetterTouchTool works only with Snow Leopard (>= 10.6 ) but could stop working everytime because it uses undocumented stuff and apple could easily disable that.

List and Description of all Predefined Actions.

How to use keyboard shortcuts to trigger predefined actions.