Three finger tap for dictionary not working

[iwicked]

Hi folks. Since updating to Sierra I have noticed the 3-finger tap that automatically highlights the word and brings up the dictionary is not working. Anybody else experience this? How to solve it?

I use the dictionary function a lot and it is one of those little things that makes me love my macbook so much. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Rafagon]

Hi folks. Since updating to Sierra I have noticed the 3-finger tap that automatically highlights the word and brings up the dictionary is not working. Anybody else experience this? How to solve it?

I use the dictionary function a lot and it is one of those little things that makes me love my macbook so much. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

As far as I know, you have to highlight the word whose definition you want to look up. then tap on ?Select,? then tap on the Right Arrow, then tap on ?Look Up?? like this:



Once you do that, tap on ?Look Up?, and then it will give you the definition of the word:



If this doesn?t work for you, please let me know.

 

[Rafagon]

I’m so sorry. I realize now you’re asking about macOS Sierra and not iOS 10.

Pretty much the same applies:

Highlight the word whose definition you want to look up, right click, the left click on “Look Up [word]”, like this:



Again, please get back to me if that doesn’t work for you and I will be more than happy to help you arrive at a solution.

 

[Rafagon]

Incidentally, I do not see an option for getting the definition of a word under System Preferences > Accessibility:

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So you may be stuck with highlighting the word whose definition you need and left-clicking on it.

 

[Maxim Abdulatif]

Same here.

 

[Maxim Abdulatif]

Can you please reattach the photo? I can't seem to find anything relating to definition at Preferences > Accessibility

 

[iwicked]

Actually it is a feature which is disabled by default when you update your OS. I faced the same issue after updating to El Capitan, I now remember. I googled it and found the solution.

You need to go to Trackpad settings and enable the option shown in the screenshot. Problem solved.

 

[warganaut]

This worked for me.

Open the dictionary app. It will ask to download dictionaries. Click Accept or OK.

Once they are downloaded the three finger tap for dictionary should work.

 

[MaxSmarties]

Hi folks. Since updating to Sierra I have noticed the 3-finger tap that automatically highlights the word and brings up the dictionary is not working. Anybody else experience this? How to solve it?

I use the dictionary function a lot and it is one of those little things that makes me love my macbook so much. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

I don't use the 3-fingers tap, but the force touching tap, and it works

 

[iwicked]

Thanks for the help folks. The issue has been solved