Triple-click


Triple-click is the action of clicking a computer mouse button three times quickly without moving the mouse. Along with clicking and double-clicking, triple-clicking allows three different actions to be associated with the same mouse button. Criticism of the double-click mechanism is even more valid for triple-clicks.[1] However, few applications assign critical actions to a triple click.

Examples of usage

On text

In most text processing programs and edit controls triple-clicking with the primary mouse button (the left button for right-handers) on the text selects the entire line. If the edit control is not multiline, the entire text is selected.[2][3][4]

Microsoft Word

A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the entire paragraph. A triple-click in the left margin (when the mouse pointer is an up-and-to-the-right arrow) selects the entire document.

Microsoft Works

A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the line. A triple-click in the left margin (when the mouse pointer is an up-and-to-the-right arrow) selects the entire document.

Corel WordPerfect

A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the sentence. A triple-click in the left margin (when the mouse pointer is an up-and-to-the-right arrow) selects the entire document.

Outlook and Outlook Express

A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the entire paragraph.

Text fields

A triple-click in a text entry field (a text entry widget) selects the entire line of text. This is a standard feature of the widgets themselves, so works in most applications, on Linux as well as Windows.[5]

Quark Express

A triple-click selects the current line. Four clicks selects the current paragraph. Five clicks selects the whole document.[6]

Web browsers

Firefox 3.0

In Firefox 3.0 a triple-click will highlight all text within any single HTML element on the page.

Firefox 3.5

In Firefox 3.5 and upwards, a triple-click selects the entire paragraph. If the triple click is inside a content editable element, and is on the first paragraph, it selects the text, and the opening tag of the contentEditable element.

Internet Explorer 7

In Internet Explorer 7 a triple-click will highlight all text within any single HTML element on the page. If there is an article with multiple paragraphs one can highlight an entire paragraph with a triple-click.

Opera

In Opera a triple-click will select all text within a sentence while automatically popping up a list of commands to apply to the selected text. A quadruple-click will select all text within a single paragraph while keeping the aforementioned popup open.

Safari 3.0

In Safari 3.0 a triple-click will highlight all text within any single HTML element on the page. If there is an article with multiple paragraphs one can highlight an entire paragraph with a triple-click.

Chrome

In Google Chrome (and by extension ChromeOS), triple-clicking any part of a Web page will cause the nearest text node to be highlighted completely.

Adjusting speed

Adjusting speed of triple-click depends on the operating system:

See also

Look up triple-click in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

  1. ^ Allan Day. "Pointer and touch input". GNOME Human Interface Guidelines. v3.22. GNOME. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ^ "Pointer Usage". xterm - terminal emulator for X. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. ^ Jonathan Singer; Kurt Hindenburg (2016-07-09). "1. Introduction: Mouse Buttons". The Konsole Handbook. KDE. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  4. ^ Thad McGinnis; Anne-Marie Mahfouf; Anders Lund; T.C. Hollingswort (2016-04-09). "Working with the Selection". The KatePart Handbook. KDE. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  5. ^ "QLineEdit.cpp". Qt. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  6. ^ "A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019, Text and Typography". Retrieved 2020-04-27.