Right Mouse Click
Right clicking on a computer mouse is a useful skill in all computer packages as it opens up a contextual menu which relates to you current action in the software, it provides a sort of short cut. Right clicking on a computer mouse is essential to use CAQDAS packages.
A computer mouse usually has two buttons as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Buttons on a computer mouse
Right mouse button
The right mouse button has a limited number of uses which only involve a single click
- Opens a menu related to where you are clicking on the page
- This menu is specific to the software you are using
Left mouse button
The left mouse button has a greater number of uses depending on if you use a single click, double click, or a triple click.
Single-click
- To point and click where you want the cursor to appear in a page
- Click on links
- Click on buttons
- Select from menus and tool bars
Double click (two clicks performed quickly and close together)
- Opens a file in my computer
- Opens a program by clicking on the icon on the desktop
- It can block a section of text between two carriage returns
Third click (three clicks performed quickly and close together)
- De-selects the text blocked by two clicks
Figure 1. Source: Computer Mouse (2005) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_mouse#Buttons
The text on left mouse double clicks is an abridged version of: Basic mouse clicks using a two button mouse by Inidana University (2004) you can view the original at: http://kb.indiana.edu/data/alow.html?cust=628569.10115.30