Mouse in Windows Environment

Mouse events are the actions that can be performed by using the mouse. Following are the most common events triggered with a mouse.

Left Click

This event occurs when you press the lift mouse button. Windows captures this event and performs different task. Normally this event is used to select a graphical object such as a file icon or to press a button such as the Start button and closing, opening or minimizing an application windows.

Right Click

This event occurs when you press the right mouse button. This event is usually used to display a shortcut menu. The shortcut menu contains frequently used commands that are associated with the selected item.

Up and down Dragging

This event occurs when you press the left mouse button and move the mouse while keeping the left mouse button pressed. This event is used to select more than one item at a time, or to drop and object into another application.