Use the right mouse button

Open the short menu that lists what you can do with a thing.

The left mouse button does the obvious thing. The right button opens a small menu of everything else you could do.

It changes nothing by itself. Opening that menu is only asking a question.

Key points

• The right button opens a menu of what you can do
• Opening that menu changes nothing on its own

What to remember

• The menu always suits whatever the pointer was on.
• The right button asks. The left button does.

Try this

Press the right button on a file of your own and read the menu without choosing anything.

Practice: Use the right mouse button. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.

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