Most computer users do most of their clicking on the left side of the mouse. Many (though not all) make good use of the right button as well. And a handful leverage the middle button. Middle button? I ...

Take a close look at your mouse. Chances are good it has at least three buttons: left, right, and middle. (Note: Your middle button might be your scroll wheel, which on most mice is clickable.) I’ve ...

I use the middle mouse button a lot. To open new links, and close tabs in Firefox. I also use Sketchup and Autocad frequently where I use the middle mouse button to rotate and pan the view, so it is ...

If there's one gadget in your home office you can replace without having to relearn it, it's a computer mouse. But beyond these everyday functionalities, you might be surprised that your mouse ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. There's a lot of helpful and time-saving ...

I've got a MS Optical trackball, and ive been using the PLE of MAya, and a crap load of stuff relies on using the 'middle button' of the 3-button mouse. I've tried using the scroll wheel click as teh ...

Laptops rarely, if ever, provide the trackpad equivalent of a middle mouse button, most models offer only two buttons, though some provide a way to simulate the middle button with software. For most ...

That wheel in the middle of your mouse is good for more than just scrolling—in fact, the button can do quite a bit. Here are some of the oft-ignored shortcuts built in to the middle mouse button. If ...

Maybe you need a tool that could make your mouse’s control change with every application that you use. If this is the case, you can try out an application called X Mouse Button Control. This freeware ...