How to Right-Click Using the Keyboard
The right mouse button provides shortcuts to many menu items in Windows; some features are only accessible this way. If you're looking to reduce your mouse activity - essential for sufferers of carpal tunnel syndrome or other disabilities - you can use certain keys on your keyboard as stand-ins for the mouse's right-click button.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Using the Keyboard
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Position the mouse pointer anywhere on your computer's screen.
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Select by (left) clicking if necessary.
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Press the Shift and F10 keys simultaneously to right-click.
Using MouseKeys
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Set up MouseKeys in the Accessibility Options control panel (if not already turned on). Use the Mouse tab in the control panel.
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Position the mouse pointer anywhere on your computer's screen.
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Press 5 on the numeric keypad to (left) click.
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Press plus sign (+) on numeric keypad to double-click.
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Press minus sign (') on numeric keypad to right-click.
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Comments
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thanks.....
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it helped me.
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Good to know.
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good very good work.
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jee2
Sep 07, 2010
Or just press the right click button (most keyboards have it, its near the space bar on the right side. On my keyboard it is between Alt Gr and Ctrl) it is like a picture of the right click menu. Shift+F10 and the right click button also work on Windows 7 (I have Windows 7)
