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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="help.css"/> <link rel="contents" type="text/css" href="toc.html"/> <link rel="home" type="text/css" href="index.html"/> <link rel="glossary" href="glossary.html"/> <link rel="first" href="welcome.html"/> <link rel="previous" href="glossary.html"/> <link rel="next" href="keyboard.html"/> <link rel="last" href="dialogs.html"/> <title>Using the Mouse</title> </head> <body> <h1 id="mouse">Using the Mouse</h1> <p> The mouse can be used for a lot more than just clicking links, including powerful mouse gestures and flexible drag-and-drop operations. </p> <h2 id="basic-mouse">Basic mouse usage</h2> <table class="nice"> <tr> <th>Operation</th> <th>Examples of use</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Click left button</td> <td> <ul> <li>Click a link</li> <li>Select a bookmark in the Hotlist</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Click right button</td> <td> <ul> <li>Multiple options for a link</li> <li>Multiple options for items in the Hotlist</li> <li>Customize the user interface</li> <li>Save image or view image properties</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Double-click left button and click</td> <td> <ul> <li>Translate or look up a word</li> <li >Open a bookmark</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Click, move mouse, let go</td> <td> <ul> <li>Drag page icon to Main, Page, Personal or Bookmarks bar</li> <li>Drag page icon to Bookmarks panel</li> <li>Drag a button to a panel or a toolbar</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> and click</td> <td>Select multiple bookmarks</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hold <kbd>Shift</kbd> and click</td> <td> <ul> <li>Open a link in a new page</li> <li>Close page on Page bar</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hold <kbd>Shift</kbd> and double-click</td> <td>Open a bookmark in a new page</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> and click</td> <td>Open a link in the background</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> and double-click</td> <td>Open a bookmark in the background</td> </tr> </table> <p> Usually, <kbd>Shift</kbd> means "open in new page", and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> means "open in background". Right-clicking something usually opens a context menu with multiple choices. </p> <div class="gestures"> <h2 id="gestures">Mouse gestures</h2> <div> <p> Mouse gestures exist for most frequently performed operations. </p> <p> <span class="note">Example:</span> Pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> on your keyboard while rolling the wheel on your mouse activates zooming. </p> <h3>Navigation gestures</h3> <table class="nice"> <tr> <th>Action</th> <th>How to do it</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Go to previous page</td> <td> <ul class="lean"> <li>Method 1: hold right button, click left button</li> <li>Method 2: hold right button, move mouse left</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Go to next page</td> <td> <ul class="lean"> <li>Method 1: hold left button, click right button</li> <li>Method 2: hold right button, move right</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Go to parent directory</td> <td>Hold right button, move up then left</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Go to home page</td> <td>Double-click in empty page</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Reload page</td> <td>Hold right button, move up then down</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stop loading</td> <td>Hold right button, move up</td> </tr> </table> </div> <h3>Page gestures</h3> <table class="nice"> <tr> <th>Action</th> <th>How to do it</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Browse in new page</td> <td> <ul class="lean"> <li>Method 1: hold right button, move down</li> <li>Method 2: double-click in workspace or on page bar</li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Duplicate page</td> <td>Hold right button, move down then up</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Restore or maximize page</td> <td>Hold right button, move up then right</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Minimize page</td> <td>Hold right button, move down then left</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Close page</td> <td> <ul class="lean"> <li>Method 1: hold right button, move down then right</li> <li>Method 2: hold right button, move right left right</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <h3>Link gestures</h3> <table class="nice"> <tr> <th>Action</th> <th>How to do it</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Open link in new page</td> <td>Move mouse pointer to link and hold right button, move down</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Open link in new background page</td> <td>Move mouse pointer to link and hold right button, move down then up</td> </tr> </table> <h3>Wheel gestures</h3> <table class="nice"> <tr> <th>Action</th> <th>How to do it</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Scroll up and down</td> <td>Roll mouse wheel up and down</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zoom in and out</td> <td>Hold <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> key, roll mouse wheel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Move back and forth in page history</td> <td>Hold <kbd>Shift</kbd> key, roll mouse wheel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Panning</td> <td>Click mouse wheel, move mouse</td> </tr> </table> <h2 id="mouse-drag">Drag and drop</h2> <p> You can drag and drop just about anything in order to browse faster and easily customize the user interface. </p> <h3>How to drag and drop</h3> <p> The drag-and-drop procedure is simple: </p> <ol> <li>Move the mouse pointer to the item you want to drag</li> <li>Click (and hold) the left mouse button</li> <li>Move the mouse pointer to where you want to drop the item</li> <li>Release the mouse button</li> </ol> <h3>Items you can drag</h3> <p> The following items can be dragged: </p> <ul> <li>Links in Web pages</li> <li>Images in Web pages</li> <li>Items on the Personal bar</li> <li>Buttons on Opera's toolbars</li> <li>Hotlist items</li> <li>Tabs on the Page bar</li> <li>Items in <a href="main.html#viewmenu">Customize toolbars</a></li> </ul> <p> Dragged items can be dropped on: </p> <ul> <li>All toolbars</li> <li>The Hotlist (and panels)</li> <li>The Page bar</li> <li>The Web-page area</li> <li>Your computer desktop</li> </ul> <h3>Examples</h3> <p> Listed below are examples of convenient drag-and-drop actions: </p> <table class="nice"> <tr> <th>Action</th> <th>How to do it</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Save page address as bookmark</td> <td>Drag page icon from Address bar to Hotlist</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bookmark a link</td> <td>Drag link from Web page to Hotlist</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Download file (e.g. image)</td> <td>Drag link (or image) to Transfers panel</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Show bookmark on Personal bar</td> <td>Drag bookmark from Hotlist to Personal bar</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bookmark image and show on Personal bar</td> <td>Drag image from Web page to Personal bar</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rearrange order of toolbar buttons</td> <td>Drag buttons around</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Move buttons between toolbars</td> <td>Drag button to other toolbar</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Open page in a new (separate) application window</td> <td>Drag tab from Page bar to computer desktop</td> </tr> </table> <p> The best way to learn more about dragging and dropping is simply to play around and discover all the possibilities. Most combinations of drag and drop will produce the most natural, anticipated result. </p> <p> <span class="note">Tip:</span> Opera toolbars that support drag and drop have a context-menu (right-click) option for restoring toolbar defaults. </p> </div> <p class="copyright">Copyright © 1995 - 2003 Opera Software ASA. <span class="nowrap">All rights reserved.</span></p> </body> </html>