Right-click

A term used to describe the action of clicking the right mouse button. The right-click enables a user to perform commonly performed tasks. For example, a user could select text using the left mouse button and then right-click that text to copy the text into the clipboard.

Tip: Users running Microsoft Windows can also use the keyboard shortcut Shift + F10 to right-click.

Tip: Users with an Apple Macintosh computer that only have one mouse button can right-click any item by holding down the Control key and then clicking the mouse button.