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Watch your Mouse! Triple-click saves time & labor

By , 19 Dec 2011
 

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Computer mouse single and double-clicks are widely used in software applications. Less known is the mouse triple-click option, which could increase the convenience and overall productivity of computer operations. You could try this mouse triple-click technique right now, while reading the paragraph and see the result: the entire paragraph got selected.
 
Mouse triple-click feature is implemented in all major web browsers, namely:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer IE7+

  • Mozilla Firefox 3.6+

  • Google Chrome (any version)

  • Apple Safari 2.0+

The tricky part is to select the textual fragment containing the hyperlinks on the web page; in this case, do the triple-click while pointing the cursor slightly to the right of the hyperlink "hot spot" in order to avoid the page redirection to the target URL.

Mouse triple-click
feature is also implemented in many popular text editing software apps, like, for example, Microsoft Word (wider set of options is available in Microsoft Word, including the combination of mouse-click with Ctrl button).

More reading on Examiner
: Computer mouse triple-click is a convenient feature[^].
 

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GeneralMy vote of 5 PinmemberPranit Kothari12 Jul '12 - 21:51 
GeneralMy vote of 5 PinmemberAbinash Bishoyi2 May '12 - 20:32 
GeneralRe: My vote of 5 PinmemberDrABELL3 May '12 - 5:54 
Generalreally it good we never think like that!!!!!! Pinmemberchetan virkar28 Feb '12 - 17:02 
GeneralRe: Thank you! PinmemberDrABELL28 Feb '12 - 18:20 
GeneralI usually use it for URL selection from URL bar, i wont coun... Pinmemberraju dasa25 Dec '11 - 5:42 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 Cool PinmemberAshley Davis19 Dec '11 - 18:41 
GeneralRe: Many Thanks! :) PinmemberDrABELL19 Dec '11 - 18:49 
GeneralGood one! thanks!! Pinmembernico14419 Sep '11 - 5:25 
GeneralRe: You are very welcome! PinmemberDrABELL19 Sep '11 - 10:26 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 Nice Tip Pinmemberrajeevtechnical19 Sep '11 - 1:22 
GeneralRe: Thanks! PinmemberDrABELL19 Sep '11 - 2:13 
GeneralReason for my vote of 4 I have been using this for a log tim... Pinmemberqadirv18 Sep '11 - 19:27 
GeneralRe: Well, you can call it in different ways, but the "triple-cli... PinmemberDrABELL19 Sep '11 - 2:18 
GeneralI'm sorry. Thanks for noticing me about that . Pinmemberchong_yan16 Sep '11 - 22:32 
GeneralRe: You are welcome! PinmemberDrABELL19 Sep '11 - 2:15 
GeneralWow, I didn't know that! Have a 5. PinsubeditorWalt Fair, Jr.7 Sep '11 - 12:38 
GeneralRe: Thanks, Walt! PinmemberDrABELL7 Sep '11 - 13:17 
GeneralWhat works best is to use Safari v5+ for reading an article ... PinmemberGary Noter10 Jun '11 - 13:14 
GeneralRe: Hi Gary, Very interesting technique, thanks for sharing! My ... PinmemberDrABELL10 Jun '11 - 16:55 
GeneralIf Triple clicking seems cumbersome you can double click and... PinmemberBillHudson31 May '11 - 7:50 
GeneralRe: Hi Bill, Thanks for posting. Just for the clarity purpose: d... PinmemberDrABELL31 May '11 - 14:42 
Generalcoll.my5 PinmemberMonjurul Habib29 May '11 - 6:49 
GeneralRe: Many Thanks, Monjurul! PinmemberDrABELL29 May '11 - 7:05 
GeneralMy vote of 5 its cool tips :) PinmvpRaviRanjankr17 May '11 - 9:51 
GeneralRe: Thanks, Ravi! :) PinmemberDrABELL17 May '11 - 17:21 
GeneralMany thanks Deeksha for your time and efforts! Best regards,... PinmemberDrABELL30 Apr '11 - 3:33 
GeneralI've been using the mouse for quite some time and I didn't k... Pinmembercandice_Blav27 Apr '11 - 16:19 
GeneralRe: Yeah, this quite useful feature has been heavily overlooked!... PinmemberDrABELL30 Apr '11 - 3:32 
GeneralReason for my vote of 4 Old one, but thanks for sharing. PinmemberThat's Aragon5 Mar '11 - 1:18 
GeneralReason for my vote of 5 cool... PinmemberSkGyan4 Mar '11 - 5:29 
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GeneralReason for my vote of 5 Impressive....... PinmemberPravin Patil, Mumbai25 Feb '11 - 2:54 
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GeneralRe: cool! PinmemberManish Sharma 200727 Apr '11 - 7:12 
QuestionWrong description or different behavior with Firefox? PinmemberBernhard Hiller9 Feb '11 - 3:59 
AnswerRe: Wrong description or different behavior with Firefox? PinmemberDrABELL16 Feb '11 - 2:32 

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