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On a Mac the Secondary Mouse Button is what is often called a Right Click - The primary button being the Left Click. When you click the Secondary/Right hand button you will see a menu of options appear from the mouse pointer. You can move your mouse down the list of options and click on an appropriate item. The contents of the menu will vary depending upon which application you are using when you click - which is why the menu is known as a Context menu. In the Mouse section of System Preferences you can configure the Secondary button to perform some task, other than activating the menu, like opening Spotlight to search for something.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is usually called right clicking, or right click.
A mouse, generally, has two buttons. The one used most is the left, or primary, mouse button. The right button is the secondary button. These buttons have different functions and uses.
The above is the normal configuration and the default of the mouse buttons.
Some people, particularly those that are left handed, prefer to configure the mouse so the right button is the primary button.
The reason people say primary and secondary buttons instead of right and left buttons is because they do not know which way you have configured your mouse.
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∙ 14y agoThat is call a Right-Click.
Remember,
Left-click: action.
Right-click: menu.
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What button is typically the right mouse button although you can switch them?
secondary mouse button
Activating the secondary mouse button is called?
RIGHT-CLICKING.
Name of what happens when you press and release the right mouse button?
The right mouse button, or any other mouse button, unless user defined, does not have any dragging or marquee selection protocol associated with it like only the left mouse button does. As soon as you release the right button, it is considered a right-click action.
Natural Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 only contains two buttons the primary mouse button and the secondary mouse button is this true?
I have a Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and it has two side buttons along with the left and right click buttons.
What is the difference between right click and left click?
Right-click means press the right mouse button. Left-click means press the left mouse button.
Pressing and releasing a mouse button is called a?
click... when you press the left mouse button (and release it) it's a left-click and when you press the right mouse button (and release it) it's a right-click
Assume you're using a three-button mousetoo access shortcuts menus you would?
To access shortcut menus with a three-button mouse click the right hand/secondary mouse button. The shortcut menu will show up on the screen once you do this.
Assume you're using a three-button mouse. To access shortcut menus you would?
Normally you would click the right hand/secondary mouse button but you may configure any of the buttons to work within the Keyboard and Mouse section of System Preferences.
Assume you're using a three-button mouse To access shortcut menus you would?
Normally you would click the right hand/secondary mouse button but you may configure any of the buttons to work within the Keyboard and Mouse section of System Preferences.
Describe the purpose of a mouse and the role it plays in computer?
1. Pointing: Move the mouse to move the on-screen pointer. 2. Clicking: Press and release the left mouse button once. 3. Double-clicking: Press and release the left mouse button twice. 4. Dragging: Hold down the left mouse button as you move the pointer. 5. Right-clicking: Press and release the right mouse button.
What is to quickly press and release the mouse button twice?
double click.
What does right drag mean?
You point to an item, hold down the right mouse button, move the item to the desired location, and then release the right mouse button.
