What (who) is right-click - definition
USER INTERFACE ELEMENT
Right click; Contextual menu; Popup menu; Pop-up menu; Pop-up menus; Shortcut menu; Context Menu; Right-click; Context Menus
right-click
To right-click or to right-click on something means to press the right-hand button on a computer mouse. (COMPUTING)
All you have to do is right-click on the desktop and select New Folder.
? left-click
VERB: V on n
right-click
<hardware> To click the right-most mouse button on a mouse
with more than one button. This usually performs a different
function from the left button, e.g. displaying a
context-sensitive menu (Microsoft Windows), extending the
selection (X).
When used as a verb it is often written as two words with a
space instead of a hyphen.
(2006-07-09)
Point and click
COMPUTER TECHNIQUE
Point and Click; Single-click; Clickable; Point-and-click; Click (GUI)
Point and click are the actions of a computer user moving a pointer to a certain location on a screen (pointing) and then pressing a button on a mouse, usually the left button (click), or other pointing device. An example of point and click is in hypermedia, where users click on hyperlinks to navigate from document to document.
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Context menu
A context menu (also called contextual, shortcut, and pop up or pop-up menu) is a menu in a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears upon user interaction, such as a right-click mouse operation. A context menu offers a limited set of choices that are available in the current state, or context, of the operating system or application to which the menu belongs. Usually the available choices are actions related to the selected object. From a technical point of view, such a context menu is a graphical control element.
Pronunciation examples for right-click
1. You can right-click that one.
The Jester is King _ Rajiv Satyal _ Talks at Google
2. So you can right-click anywhere in the sky in the web
Open Source on a Universal Scale _ Alyssa Goodman _ Talks at Google
3. about that galaxy, again, with the same kind of right-click
Open Source on a Universal Scale _ Alyssa Goodman _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of right-click
1. TECHNICAL SUPPORT: I need you to right–click on the Open Desktop.
2. Click on image for full size bingo card, then right click and select Print Picture.
3. For ease of use, right–click on the maps and open them in a new browser window. East 1.
4. What happened to taking a risk? ... Anyway, no more, rant over, right click–delete." Don‘t be so hard on yourself, son.
5. If you already downloaded a file–sharing program, double–check: Go to each folder in "My documents" and right–click on the folder.