mouse button

collocation in English

meaningsofmouseandbutton

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mouse
noun
uk
/maʊs/us
/maʊs/
a small mammal with short fur, a pointed face, and a ...
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button
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʌt.ən/us
/ˈbʌt̬.ən/
a small, usually circular object used to fasten something, for example a shirt ...
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(Definition ofmouseandbuttonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmouse button

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Subjects changed each word into the next by single-clicking the leftmousebuttonwith the dominant hand.
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After any stop-making-sense decision, subjects continued reading the remainder of the sentence by pressing themousebutton.
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On each trial, the eye movements were recorded and the observer pressed either the left or rightmousebuttonto indicate the perceptual judgment.
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A design philosophy was that the user should always be able to halt the robot using a single click of amousebuttonor equivalent input device.
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Mouse gestures work by holding the rightmousebutton, moving the mouse a certain direction, then releasing the button.
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Holding down the primarymousebuttonwill target the contextual menu as well.
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Go ahead and click on me with your rightmousebutton!
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Data is copied immediately upon highlighting and pasted with the third (middle)mousebutton.
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If you do nt click themousebuttonin this window of time, you will score nothing in respect to that hazard.
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Another system for manipulating them is to look at whichmousebuttonwas pressed.
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For example, an event is sent when the user presses a key or clicks amousebutton.
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It can be turned back on by just pressing any of the keys on the keyboard or pressing themousebutton.
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The player character is commanded with an icon based control bar that is accessible by pressing the rightmousebutton, which also pauses the game.
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The game also features an inventory screen accessed by the rightmousebutton.
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Simple melee consists of hitting the opponent while holding rightmousebutton.
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Photoshop will complete the selection once themousebuttonis released.
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Subjects were told to click themousebuttonwhenever they felt the intention to do so.
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