My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

Right-Clicking the Mouse

Most mice have a mouse button on the right side as well. To click the right mouse button on a Mighty Mouse, press down the right corner and release. To press the right mouse button on a trackpad, tap the trackpad once with two fingers. (If your laptop has a trackpad button, hold down the ctrl key, press the trackpad button, and then release both.)

When you point at something on the screen and right-click, a menu called a shortcut menu pops up on the screen. This shortcut menu provides a list of commands from which you can choose.

Here's how right-clicking works:

1. Move the mouse pointer over any icon that appears on the Dock.

2. Press and release the right mouse button (right-click). A shortcut menu appears, as shown in Figure 2-5 ...