Selecting/Highlighting Text via trackpad gesture not possible

Nora

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Aug 4, 2022, 11:08:20 AM8/4/22

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BBEdit version 14.5.1 (14C208, Apple Silicon, sandboxed)

I recently moved to a new macbook and for reasons unclear I can no longer use normal trackpad gestures to select/highlight text in any open document in BBEdit.

These same gestures work fine in any other app.

I even restored all my BBEdit preferences to default, to no avail.

If anyone has any idea as to what could be the problem here, please do not hesitate to respond as I am drawing a blank.

jj

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Aug 4, 2022, 11:53:11 AM8/4/22

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Hi Nora,

Might it be that the Preferences > Editing > Allow pinch-to-zoom to change magnification checkbox is deselected ?

HTH

Jean Jourdain

Nora

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Aug 5, 2022, 8:16:47 AM8/5/22

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Just in case anyone else is running into this issue, I got it to work by turning *off* the "Force Click and haptic feedback" option in the macOS "Trackpad" system preferences; a tip provided by Barebones Support.

jj

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Aug 6, 2022, 6:32:17 AM8/6/22

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Good to know. Thank you for reporting back.

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