When I use the mouse to highlight text in fluther, the window for Mac's spotlight opens simultaneously. Why?
It also happens randomly when I use jig zone.com, an app that allows me to drag and drop pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Just now, while typing in this window, Spotlight appeared.
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By any chance are you holding down the Option key when you highlight text? If you are you might be hitting the spacebar too which will trigger Spotlight.
No. I have one hand in my lap and the other on the mouse when it happens.
It can happen to me when I hit the far left side of my spacebar key as I can also hit the cmd key at the same time which will open Spotlight.
This happens when I have my left hand in my lap and not on the keyboard. I am using the mouse to either highlight on Fluther (browser is Safari) or move pieces around in a little jigsaw app called jig zone.com, which seem to be the only triggers/
Would it be the software or the mouse, which behaves just fine in email (Mac Mail)and Open.office.org?
Do you have any unique keybindings attached to the mouse? Is it a magic mouse?
Oh, Yay, I just checked the mouse set-up in Systems Preferences and there is a Spotlight short cut at the mouse’s waist, on either side.MY left thumb sits on the left-hand one. I will disable it and see what happens.
@ro_in_motion: Is that what you meant by keybindings? Thank you, in any case.
Yep, that’s what I meant. :)
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