How to Right-Click Using the Keyboard

The right mouse button provides shortcuts to many menu items in Windows; some features are only accessible this way. If you're looking to reduce your mouse activity - essential for sufferers of carpal tunnel syndrome or other disabilities - you can use certain keys on your keyboard as stand-ins for the mouse's right-click button.

Instructions

Using the Keyboard

1

Position the mouse pointer anywhere on your computer's screen.

2

Select by (left) clicking if necessary.

3

Press the Shift and F10 keys simultaneously to right-click.

Using MouseKeys

4

Set up MouseKeys in the Accessibility Options control panel (if not already turned on). Use the Mouse tab in the control panel.

5

Position the mouse pointer anywhere on your computer's screen.

6

Press 5 on the numeric keypad to (left) click.

7

Press plus sign (+) on numeric keypad to double-click.

8

Press minus sign (') on numeric keypad to right-click.