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What's a "middle click"?
by rezeroed 8y ago
What's a "middle click"?
- sangnoir 8y agoClicking with the middle mouse button - nowadays, it's typically a clickable scroll-wheel, but it used to be a plain button between left and right mouse buttons back in the day.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoAfter mice had mostly standardized on two buttons but scroll wheels didn't exist yet, it was common to map a simultaneous click of both mouse buttons to simulate a middle click.
- jake_the_third 8y agoA way to insert X11's "clipboard" buffer (i.e text that is currently selected text). I agree with GP: I find the two separate copy-paste methods very useful and wouldn't want to see them merged. Users who aren't aware of one of the aren't affected, and those who are get an extra buffer to use.
- dredmorbius 8y agoAssumes a three-button mouse: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513VKV7DZBL.gif http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513VKV7DZBL.gif Usually a scroll wheel, now.