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Dragging with three finger drag ​

Mutually exclusive with Dragging and DragLock.

  • Tested on macOS:
    • Ventura
    • Monterey
  • Parameter type: bool

Set to true ​

bash
defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad "TrackpadThreeFingerDrag" -bool "true"

Set to false (default value) ​

bash
defaults write com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad "TrackpadThreeFingerDrag" -bool "false"

Read current value ​

bash
defaults read com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad "TrackpadThreeFingerDrag"

Reset to default value ​

bash
defaults delete com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad "TrackpadThreeFingerDrag"