Mouse Clicks
The mouse is really just an extension of your keyboard. Its use is very practical, and operating without it would be very difficult.
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Movement of the mouse
1 Left click of the mouse
2 Quick left clicks of the mouse
1 Right click of the mouse
Wheel spin up or down
1 Click on the wheel
Mouse functions
The functions of the mouse can change depending with the environment or the program they are in.
Two choices exist within windows: the traditional double click, and the single click.
To change from one to the other, simply open a folder as follows:
This opens up the mouse selection page amongst other things.
Double click functions
When Double-click is selected as in the illustration above, the mouse will behave as follows in most cases.
The single left click selects an item. It becomes highlighted, or in windows darkened. In the example below, we selected Local Disk (C:).
If we right click, then a multitude of options open up.
Some of the options are Open, Explore, Copy etc. To select those, you will have to
In the Double-click mode, double licking the left side of the mouse will Open the item that is double clicked. You will notice that this is identical to the first or top selection of a , as shown in the right click picture above.
Single click functions
The single click functions are strictly a personal preference. Some people prefer the double click to open items, other prefer the single click.
In the Single-click mode, placing the mouse pointer over an object and leaving it there for a short while will Select the item. This is the same as the in the double-click mode.
The single left click will now Open the item selected. Similarly, this is the old .
Common functions
These are functions that behave the same under Single or Double-click modes.
The purpose of the mouse wheel is to facilitate scrolling up and down a page. It is probably the most commonly used method of scrolling up and down a page. This applies to all pages, whether web pages, document pages, or viewing pictures that are bigger than your monitor screen.
This is perhaps the least used way of scrolling up and down a page. When one pushes down on the wheel once, just like a single click of the mouse, this symbol appears on the page, and now the whole mouse becomes the scroller. As you move the mouse up, the page will scroll up, and the further up you move the mouse the faster the page will scroll up. The opposite is true for scrolling down. The scroll is controlled by the relative position of the mouse relative to the symbol on the page.
To return to normal, simply click on the wheel one more time, and the symbol disappears.
