Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To click the secondary button of a mouse having two buttons with different functions.
- intransitive verb To click the secondary button of (a mouse).
- intransitive verb To click on (an icon) with the secondary button of a mouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, computing To press the
right-hand button on a computermouse . - verb transitive, computing To
activate an item on thescreen by right-clicking while thepointer is over it.
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Examples
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If you right-click on the panorama and then select 'little planet' you get a yoga planet of legs ....
Boing Boing 2009
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Finally, an important 'easter egg' - for the super-psychedelic experience, be sure to right-click on the panorama and select either 'little planet' or 'stereographic' projection and zoom out.
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Banshee 1.5.3 also adds the ability to edit this artwork either by drag n 'dropping new artwork into the corner or via right-click.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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If you right-click on the panorama and then select 'little planet' you get a yoga planet of legs ....
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Banshee 1.5.3 also adds the ability to edit this artwork either by drag n 'dropping new artwork into the corner or via right-click.
Archive 2010-01-01 2010
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Click through the folders to find whatever file you want - and when you right-click on the file, several context-appropriate command options pop-up: Preview to see a graphic image or hear play a music file in a mini-player, Download, Copy, Rename, Share and more.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: Home Networks Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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I right-click, trying to see if it's Flash or what.
Dear Livejournal, You Suck julieandrews 2009
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UPDATE 1: Cash4Gold has filed a defamation suit (right-click here and save to your harddrive to view the PDF) against the ex-employee who posted the below allegations against the company on ComplaintsBoard.
10 Confessions Of A Cash4Gold Employee - The Consumerist 2009
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One oddity: if you put a checkmark next to a file first, the right-click options change only to "Delete this file" - though all the aforementioned options remain under the "down arrow."
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: Home Networks Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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In Firefox, go to its Tools menu, select Add-Ons, click the Plug-Ins header and right-click on each Java item listed there and select "Disable."
Faster Forward: More thoughts on junking Java Rob Pegoraro 2010
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