For years, I never used the extra buttons on the side of my mouse, and mostly just viewed them as a nuisance. Too often I’d click them by accident and trigger some unwanted action, like navigating ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

To use the right-click option on the mouse, you need first to connect a mouse to your laptop. Every mouse has a dedicated left and right-click button, which is an easy way. You simply click on the ...

There are generally two buttons on every mouse. The left button is the primary button, which selects the object at the screen cursor (click the mouse) or is held down (drag and drop). The right button ...

I use the middle mouse button a lot. To open new links, and close tabs in Firefox. I also use Sketchup and Autocad frequently where I use the middle mouse button to rotate and pan the view, so it is ...