# "Enter" is to click as "\_" is to right click.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806 "2003-08-04T01:51:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806/1 "2003-08-04T01:51:13Z")

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my mouse batteries have died AGAIN. i’m doing pretty well without it; but there’s ONE thing i haven’t figured out yet. okay, in either a folder or on a message board such as this one, you press “TAB” to kind of “highlight” a shortcut. to open it, you press “enter”; but what do you do if you want to “right-click” it? i know on most menus like that, there are combinations you can use such as ALT+D to delete; but that’s about the only one i remember. it’d be a whole lot easier if i could just see the menu.

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**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806/2 "2003-08-04T02:00:38Z")

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Shift+F10

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**Author:** ![qshapadooy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c67d28/32.png) [@qshapadooy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qshapadooy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806/3 "2003-08-04T02:04:32Z")

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> \*Originally posted by RJKUgly \*  
> \*\*Shift+F10 \*\*

Also, if you have a recent keyboard, the key next to the windows key should bring up the application/right-click menu.

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**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806/4 "2003-08-04T13:24:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by qshapadooy \*  
> \*\*Also, if you have a recent keyboard, the key next to the windows key should bring up the application/right-click menu. \*\*

On my (Microsoft Office) keyboard the right-click key is to the right of the spacebar, between the Alt and Ctrl keys. The icon looks like a drop-down menu with a pointer arrow on it.

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enter-is-to-click-as-_-is-to-right-click/192806/5 "2003-08-04T15:03:24Z")

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You could use MouseKeys from Start/Settings/Control Panel/Accessibility to substitute as a mouse. I find it more convenient that using keyboard shortcuts when my mouse fails.