left-click

English

Verb

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

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

Alternative forms

• leftclick

Synonyms

• (press the left button): click

Related terms

• middle-click
• right-click

Translations

to press the left button on a mouse

Danish: venstreklikke Finnish: klikata vasemmalla French: faire un clic gauche Irish: cléchliceáil Portuguese: clicar com o botão esquerdo Scottish Gaelic: dèan briogadh clì Spanish: clicar el botón izquierdo, cliquear el botón izquierdo Swedish: vänsterklicka (sv)

to activate an item on the screen by left-clicking

Danish: venstreklikke Finnish: klikata vasemmalla Irish: cléchliceáil Scottish Gaelic: dèan briogadh clì