# Magic Trackpad 3-finger-click behavior change

**URL:** <https://community.folivora.ai/t/magic-trackpad-3-finger-click-behavior-change/47763>\
**Category:** Configuration Help & General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 13, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/magic-trackpad-3-finger-click-behavior-change/47763 "2026-09-13T07:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![sebk-666](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/sebk-666/32/17442_2.png) [@sebk-666](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sebk-666)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/magic-trackpad-3-finger-click-behavior-change/47763/1 "2026-09-13T07:46:51Z")

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Hi,

I'm running the latest version of Tahoe and the current BTT version (v6.813 as of now).

I have configured a 3-finger-click trigger for the Magic Trackpad to close the window under the cursor using the following actions:

- Activate/Bring to Front Window under cursor
- Send Cmd+W keyboard shortcut

Occasionally it happens that I trigger this by accident, but usually in that moment I am instantly aware before releasing the click.  
In the past, in this case, I was able to just lift the third finger off the trackpad and then releae the click to "disarm" the trigger.  
A few weeks(?) ago this changed - it seems that the 3-finger-click is registered with the "press" event and executed with the "release" event, regardless of a change in the number of fingers on the trackpad between those events.

The change might have been intentional or it might be a bug.  
It it was intentional, it would be great if the behavior was configurable.  
Unfortunately, I do not follow all the BTT changes reading the release notes, so maybe I missed something obvious here.

Sebastian

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**Author:** ![Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/andreas_hegenberg/32/39221_2.png) [@Andreas\_Hegenberg](https://community.folivora.ai/u/Andreas_Hegenberg)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 7:48am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/magic-trackpad-3-finger-click-behavior-change/47763/2 "2026-09-13T07:48:29Z")

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You can explicitly set whether to trigger on click down or release now:

 ![image](https://community.folivora.ai/uploads/default/original/3X/d/1/d15d37b97d7d5d76bda67a3596c51da5c03f4fe0.webp)

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**Author:** ![sebk-666](https://community.folivora.ai/user_avatar/community.folivora.ai/sebk-666/32/17442_2.png) [@sebk-666](https://community.folivora.ai/u/sebk-666)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2026, 8:31am UTC](https://community.folivora.ai/t/magic-trackpad-3-finger-click-behavior-change/47763/3 "2026-09-13T08:31:59Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply!

I have already set the "window activate" and "cmd+w" actions to be executed on release.  
They are in fact only executed with the release - but they are "registered" already with the press event and do not get canceled when changing the conditions that caused the trigger between press and release.

Example:

- configure a 3-finger-click trigger with an action that executes on release
- push down on the trackpad with 3 fingers
- nothing should happen, because the trigger actions are executed on release only
- lift off one finger (-\> from my view, this should now become a 2-finger-click or at least invalidate the 3-finger-click event)
- release the remaining 2 fingers
- your configured 3-finger-click actions are executed