Trackpad 3 & 4 finger clicks stop working in Safari for certain websites

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
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I'm experiencing issues where trackpad 3 & 4 finger clicks don't work on certain websites. For example, if I set a 4 Finger Click on my trackpad to do a keyboard shortcut of Command W (close window), it won't work on this Adobe website if the cursor is anywhere on the website:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/desktop/make-selections/refine-modify-selections/control-the-movement-of-a-selection.html

But it will work if I move the cursor out of the window and do the 4 finger click.

Is part of the issue websites trying to take control of or override the behavior of the trackpad?

Device information:

  • Type of Mac: Mac Studio
  • macOS version: Sequoia 15.7.4
  • BetterTouchTool version: 6.521
2

Do you have something similar under:

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3

I don't understand what you're asking. Are you asking if Recently Used shows 4 Finger Click? Yes, it does. For all apps.

For some reason, certain trackpad actions get ignored, or perhaps overridden, on certain websites. That awful Adobe website gets me every time.

4

What browser are you using. I've tried with Firefox and it is working on my end.

5

Safari.

6

I could only imagine you have some advanced trigger condition or CAG set up that disables the behavior for certain sites. I just tried here and it seems to work fine.

Does pressing cmd+w on your keyboard work for you?

7

Yes. That's why it's so frustrating.

Pressing Command W on my keyboard closes the window. But for some reason, a 4 finger click on my trackpad to trigger a Command W keystroke doesn't work on certain websites. It only fails on a few websites though.

I wish there was a way to permanently block websites from having any control over the functionality of my trackpad.

8

can you try to assign some additional "show hud" action to see whether the gesture actually triggers for these sites?

9

Not sure what a CAG is, but I don't have any advanced triggers or special conditions set up for any websites.