Shaun McCance
shaunm@gnome.org
Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com
Press and hold the left mouse button to right-click.
Александр Прокудин
alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com 2011

# Simulate a right mouse click

You can right-click by holding down the left mouse button. This is useful if you find it difficult to move your fingers individually on one hand, or if your pointing device only has a single button.

Click your name on the top bar and select System Settings.

Open Universal Access and select the Pointing and Clicking tab.

Switch Simulated Secondary Click on.

You can change how long you must hold down the left mouse button for before it is registered as a right click. On the Pointing and Clicking tab, change the Acceptance delay under Simulated Secondary Click.

shaunm

I wanted to document that the pointer fills up with blue, and you get a right-click when it's full. But it only seemed to work on the arrow pointer, and now it's not even working there for me. Investigate.

To right-click with simulated secondary click, hold down the left mouse button where you would normally right-click, then release. You will only right-click once you release the mouse button. If you use Mouse Keys, this will also allow you to right-click by holding down the 5 key on your keypad.

In the Activities overview, you are always able to long-press to right-click, even with this feature disabled. Long-press works slightly differently in the overview: You do not have to release the button to right-click.