Using the Mouse Buttons

The mouse buttons enable you to control the windows, icons, and menus on the Workspace. The terminology of the mouse and pointer is as follows:

• Mouse buttons are referred to by function. From left to right, on a three-button mouse, these are: SELECT, ADJUST, and MENU. A two-button mouse has only SELECT and MENU; ADJUST is peformed by pressing the keyboard Shift key and clicking SELECT.

  Figure 1-6 shows the function of each mouse button. Note that you can change this default arrangement. Chapter 17, Customizing the Solaris Environment,describes how to swap SELECT and MENU for left-handed use.

Figure 1-6 Functions of the Mouse Buttons

• You click a mouse button by pressing and releasing it quickly.

• You double-click a mouse button by clicking twice quickly (within approximately half a second or less) without moving the pointer.

• You click SELECT to choose an item.

• You click ADJUST to make a secondary choice or modify what you have chosen with SELECT.

• You press MENU (and hold) to make a choice from a menu. Throughout this text, "press" means to press and hold.

• You release the mouse button to initiate the action.

• You move the pointer by sliding the mouse with no buttons pressed.

• You drag the pointer by pressing a mouse button while sliding the mouse.