Shaun McCance
shaunm@gnome.org
2012
Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com
Ekaterina Gerasimova
kittykat3756@gmail.com
Press and hold the left mouse button to right-click.
Simulate a right mouse click
You can right-click by holding down the left mouse button. This is useful
if you find it difficult to move your fingers individually on one hand, or if
your pointing device only has a single button.
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Open the Activities
overview and start typing Universal Access.
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Click Universal Access to open the panel.
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Press Click Assist in the Pointing & Clicking
section.
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In the Click Assist window, switch the Simulated
Secondary Click switch to on.
You can change how long you must hold down the left mouse button before it
is registered as a right click by changing the Acceptance
delay.
To right-click with simulated secondary click, hold down the left mouse
button where you would normally right-click, then release. The pointer fills
with a different color as you hold down the left mouse button. Once it will
change this color entirely, release the mouse button to right-click.
Some special pointers, such as the resize pointers, do not change colors.
You can still use simulated secondary click as normal, even if you do not get
visual feedback from the pointer.
If you use Mouse Keys, this also
allows you to right-click by holding down the 5 key on your
keypad.
In the Activities overview, you are always able to long-press
to right-click, even with this feature disabled. Long-press works slightly
differently in the overview: you do not have to release the button to
right-click.