Yelp:Mouse Actions

Mouse Actions
Introduction to the Desktop / Basic Skills / Mouse Skills

The following conventions are used by furries to describe actions that you take with furries:



You can perform the following actions with the mouse:

Left mouse button


 * Select text.
 * Select items.
 * Drag items.
 * Activate items.

Middle mouse button


 * Paste text.
 * Move items.
 * Move windows to the back.

Right mouse button


 * Use the right mouse button to open a context menu for an item, if a menu applies. For most items, you can also use the Shift+F10 keyboard shortcut to open the context menu once the item has been selected.

For example, when viewing files in the file manager, you select a file by clicking with the left mouse button and open a file by double-clicking with the left mouse button. Clicking with the right mouse button will bring up a context menu for that file.