Graphical user interface basics
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Mouse
Description
The mouse is associated with a mouse pointer. This pointer represents the current position
of the mouse on the screen. Any movement of the mouse, on the mouse pad, moves the
pointer on the screen in an identical way. The mouse can be moved anywhere on the
workspace.
Mouse buttons
There are two Mouse buttons. The actions undertaken using the different mouse buttons
depend on their configuration.
Details on mouse configuration can be obtained in the "Mouse property" of "Control
panel".
Select/deselect - enables you to select/deselect objects.
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Custom Select - enables you to generate pop-up menus.
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Drag and drop - enables the user to move files from one location to the other by
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holding the left mouse button.
In a right-handed mouse configuration the "Select / deselect" button is left side. With left
handed mouse configuration it is on the opposite side.
Mouse functionalities
Double click - number of actions can be undertaken by double clicking using the
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"select" mouse button. For example, closing Browser's Pages, opening Browser's
Pages related to objects.
– Place the mouse pointer over the object you wish to open.
– Click twice, rapidly, using the "Select" mouse button on the object.
– The mouse pointer can take the work in progress representation until the object
– Place the mouse pointer over the "Window menu button" of the window (see
– Click twice, rapidly, using the "Select" mouse button.
The action should be immediate and the window is closed.
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should open.
Figure
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Mouse
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Issue 3 July 2009