right-click

English

Verb

right-click (third-person singular simple present right-clicks, present participle right-clicking, simple past and past participle right-clicked)

1. (intransitive, computing) To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.
2. (transitive, computing) To activate an item on the screen by right-clicking while the pointer is over it.

Alternative forms

• rightclick

Related terms

• left-click
• middle-click

Translations

to press right-hand button of a mouse

• Dutch: rechtsklikken (nl)
• Finnish: napsauttaa hiiren kakkospainiketta
• French: faire un clic droit
• Irish: deaschliceáil
• Russian: щёлкать пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши impf (ščólkatʹ právoj knópkoj mýši), щёлкнуть пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши pf (ščólknutʹ právoj knópkoj mýši)
• Scottish Gaelic: dèan briogadh deis
• Spanish: clicar el botón derecho, cliquear el botón derecho, hacer clic derecho
• Turkish: sağ tıklamak

to activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse

• Finnish: napsauttaa hiiren kakkospainikkeella
• Irish: deaschliceáil
• Russian: щёлкать пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши impf (ščólkatʹ právoj knópkoj mýši), щёлкнуть пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши pf (ščólknutʹ právoj knópkoj mýši)
• Turkish: sağ tıklamak