Definitions
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- verb intransitive, computing To press the
left button on a computermouse . - verb transitive, computing To
activate an item on thescreen by left-clicking while thepointer is over it.
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Examples
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Highlight (left-click and drag) to see the hidden text.
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He also changed the left-click behaviour to switch to the last window you were using of a particular application instead of popping up the preview list — clicking more than once will cycle through the list of open windows, and hovering over the button will still show the thumbnail previews.
Taskbar Overlord Tweaks The Windows 7 Taskbar | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Surprise, the left-click on my trackball was all worn out!
Back again. Saner, but not by much. p_n_elrod 2009
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Highlight (left-click and drag) to see the hidden text.
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To put WAMP online, left-click the system tray icon and click Put Online.
Bypass Heavy-Handed Web Filters With Your Own Proxy Server | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Pause = left-click; move right then left = right-click; pause then move = drag; move left then right = double-click.
Archive 2007-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2007
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Just select the “Pick Color” tool and CTRL+ left-click on any one of the shades in the Palette or the canvas window and then CTRL+ left-click to use this new 3rd shade without losing the 2 earlier shades.
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And you have to lift your left-click finger before you can right-click.
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Using the mouse, left-click on an undefined oval to change it to a NO vote.
Black Box Voting Blog-O-Lection 7/21: Burglars at the window 2009
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And you have to lift your left-click finger before you can right-click.
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