My New Mac, Lion Edition

Right-Clicking the Mouse

Most mice have a left and right button, which perform different tasks. To mimic pressing the right mouse button on a trackpad, tap the trackpad with two fingers. (If you have an older laptop with a trackpad button, hold down the control 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 pointer over any icon that appears on the Dock.

2. Press and release the right mouse button (or press two fingers down on the trackpad and release). A shortcut menu appears, as shown in Figure 1-4.

3. Move the pointer ...