what is the technical name for pressing a mouse button

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: bobdole369
Oh come on - noone from the south is here?!

MASH!

As in "Should I mash it? The left or right?"

LOL. I hear people say that too.
In the future I'm sure people will pick on people for saying things like "Turn on the tv", why do you say turn when you are pressing a button the remote ?

 

[EMPshockwave82]

3 actions:

Point - place pointer over
Click - Depress the button
Drag - Moving the mouse while the button is clicked

 

[Itchrelief]

So if mice made an "Aoooga!" sound instead of "click", would we aooga the button instead?

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: compuwiz1

Originally posted by: Ocguy31

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
My dad says "Push on this". Only other term I've heard besides 'click'.

FBB?

:shocked: LOL...almost blew my drink all over my monitor.

lucky drink

 

[Zeeky Boogy Doog]

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: bobdole369
Oh come on - noone from the south is here?!

MASH!

As in "Should I mash it? The left or right?"

LOL. I hear people say that too.
In the future I'm sure people will pick on people for saying things like "Turn on the tv", why do you say turn when you are pressing a button the remote ?

i think the turn is referencing turning the state of the tv from off to on, I guess "Change on the tv" would be a literal equivalent of sorts.

 

[lupi]

LMB/RMB

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: Zeeky Boogy Doog

Originally posted by: Modelworks

Originally posted by: bobdole369
Oh come on - noone from the south is here?!

MASH!

As in "Should I mash it? The left or right?"

LOL. I hear people say that too.
In the future I'm sure people will pick on people for saying things like "Turn on the tv", why do you say turn when you are pressing a button the remote ?

i think the turn is referencing turning the state of the tv from off to on, I guess "Change on the tv" would be a literal equivalent of sorts.

Actually it is from when tv had a switch that you physically had to turn. Same thing with the phrase "Turn the channel", because of the old rotary tuners.

Funny how stuff like that sticks with people.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: spaceman
click?

that

 

[episodic]

click

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Itchrelief
So if mice made an "Aoooga!" sound instead of "click", would we aooga the button instead?

I nominate this as the new technical name for pressing a mouse button.

 

[SlitheryDee]

"Make it So"

 

[xcript]

"Wibble".

 

[Psynaut]

I would use 'depress' if I wanted to sound maximally technical.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

in software, there are three things:

mouse press
mouse release
mouse click (basically the cursor needs to be over the same object for the press and release to register a click)


Any of the above terms can be post fixed with:
button 1
button 2
button 3

 

[Bignate603]

depressing the pushbutton of the rodent like peripheral

 

[PhlashFoto]

Illuminate!!!

 

[Kev]

Is this really a topic?

Fuck, ATOT has gone to shit.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Kev
Is this really a topic?

Fuck, ATOT has gone to shit.

gone to??? We couldn't even agree if 1=.99999999999

 

[sao123]

in programming, it is referred to as

OnMouseClick
OnMouseRightClick
OnMouseDoubleClick

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: lxskllr
I think click is universal. I don't know that there is any more technical term.

There has to be a more technical term...doesn't there?


If not, we need to make one up.

Okay, how about diddle? It moves the cursor over the link it wants to select and then it diddles the mouse button...or else it gets the hose again.

 

[sonoma1993]

i think it left click or right click, depending on what you are doin

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
"Make it So"

I came in to post this. So this.

KT

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
"Make it So"

I came in to post this. So this.

KT

No, no, no, no, no, no.

"ENGAGE!"

If you could get a Jonathan Frakes mousepad you would be win.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: shortylickens

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
"Make it So"

I came in to post this. So this.

KT

No, no, no, no, no, no.

"ENGAGE!"

If you could get a Jonathan Frakes mousepad you would be win.

I am torn between this and AOOOGA.

Engage for left click, AOOOGA for right click?

 

[ballmode]

right/left click