ClickLock is for all of you PowerBook users who are
• having trouble holding the button down while rolling your trackball, or
• lazy.
Since most of us fall into one of these two categories, ClickLock is for you. This simple INIT (system extension) allows you to "lock" the trackball's button down. To do so, hold down the "cntl" key (the "control" key on desktop keyboards) while clicking the trackball (or mouse) button. Now even after you release the trackball button, the Macintosh will still think that the button is down. Not until you click a second time will the Mac "unlock", or release, the button.
ClickLock also gives you visual feedback. While the button is "locked" down, ClickLock puts a little icon at the right end of the menu bar. Also, if you want to deactivate ClickLock at startup time, simply hold down the mouse button just before the moment the startup icon appears at the bottom of the screen. NOTE: ClickLock has only been tested on System 7.0.1 and 7.1 on serveral different types of machines, including a PowerBook 100 and 140, IIci, SE, and Quadra 900.
This INIT can be useful for:
• dragging and dropping icons in the Finder,
• pulling down menus, especially when inspecting menus with Balloon Help on,
• drag-selecting in graphic applications,
• drawing more precisely in graphic applications,
• hands-off scrolling,
• moving around windows in the Finder and applications,
• and on and on...
Install ClickLock just like any other INIT/system extension. Simply drop ClickLock onto your System Folder icon (letting it float to the Extension folder) and reboot. NOTE: ClickLock has only been tested on System 7.0.1 and 7.1 on several different types of machines, including a PowerBook 100 and 140, IIci, SE, and Quadra 900.
ClickLock is postcardware -- meaning, if you like ClickLock, send me a postcard! If you distribute ClickLock, you must distribute it for free, and any distribution must include this documentation.
