keyboard shortcut for mouse right click

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What combination of keys produce a right-click and a left-click?

You should probably specify the OS, and window manager (if applicable). — , Oct 02 '10 at 16:57

score 114 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 05 '20 at 16:21

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There isn't one for left-click, though spacebar and Enter are often usable.

Right-clicking is usually a request for a context-sensitive menu which is performed on the keyboard either by typing

≣ Menu key (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key),
Shift+F10,
or sometimes Ctrl+Shift+F10.

About 65% of applications out there won't respond to the keyboard request for a context menu, because Windows programmers typically code WM_RBUTTONUP rather than the correct WM_CONTEXTMENU. Coding the latter allows for the correct action in response to the keyboard.

edited Feb 05 '20 at 16:21

undrline - Reinstate Monica

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answered Oct 02 '10 at 18:32

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+1 for "menu/pointer looking thing usually to the right of the space bar between Alt and Ctrl". Thanks. – Xavierjazz Oct 02 '10 at 21:03
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+1 for Shift+F10 as my stupid Logitech keyboard at work doesn't have the context key, it has a Fn key instead. If I could another +1 for the tip on trigger events too. – BeowulfNode42 May 21 '14 at 01:41
Ironically, SQL Server Management Studio falls within the 65%. ;-\ – Brad Christie Jan 11 '15 at 03:55
@BeowulfNode42 oddly enough, my Logitech keyboard has a FN inbetween the Alt Gr and the Ctrl keys, right of the SPACE. If I press the FN key and left click, I get a context menu. – Rebecca Apr 21 '15 at 14:21
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Got stuck RDPing to a server and was trying to right click in a VM with no mouse; Shift+F10 saved the day. – Chris Nov 14 '15 at 03:06
Never noticed the "menu/pointer looking thing usually to the right of the space bar..." key until now... – Rosdi Mar 18 '16 at 18:10
@BradChristie I'm not sure which version of SSMS you used, but it looks like they fixed that at least in SQL 2016. – interesting-name-here Sep 27 '17 at 15:01
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@GibralterTop: Good to know. I believe I was using 2014 but can't be certain. Either way, I'm glad it works now. (Maybe they're SO/SE users and saw my comment). ;-) – Brad Christie Sep 28 '17 at 13:25

score 24 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 12 '20 at 13:48

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You can define your own using software like autohotkey:

Example

This code replaces:

left alt to left mouse click
right alt to right mouse click

Code:

LAlt::LButto
RAlt::RButton

Link to autohotkey keyboard remapping: link
Link to autohotkey download : link

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answered Oct 02 '10 at 17:00

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If you're actually after the context menu (and not a physical rt-click) use `~RAlt::AppsKey` in your AutoHotKey script. – yhw42 May 27 '11 at 18:58

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 04 '19 at 01:47

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I have a new Logitech K740 keyboard. It just replaced my old Dell letters-scratched-off key board that had built-in context menu selection and calculator shortcut keys.

The solution to the context menu issue on the Logitech K740 is FN + PrintScrn (shows a little page or list). This key combo pops open the context menu.

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answered Jun 19 '17 at 13:24

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 03 '20 at 20:12

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If you're looking for a keyboard equivalent of right-click in PuTTY (or SuperPuTTY) which does a paste, shift+insert does a paste

answered Nov 03 '20 at 20:12

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keyboard shortcut for mouse right click

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