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title: "Use Control-Click for button3 in Apple's X11"
date: 2004-07-22T01:03:27-04:00
url: https://blog.lmorchard.com/2004/07/22/use-control-click-for-button3-in-apples-x11/
author: Les Orchard
---

# Use Control-Click for button3 in Apple's X11

Popping in for a quick note.  Something that has annoyed me for awhile is that Cmd-Click is what my X11 on OS X has been using by default to simulate a right-click.  What I just found out is that I can do this:

    defaults write com.apple.x11 fake_button2 option
    defaults write com.apple.x11 fake_button3 control

Running `man Xquartz` in a terminal does wonders.