Great Windows’ Mouse Shortcutes

Here’s an expanded table of 100 Windows mouse shortcuts, categorized for clarity:

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Select item	Left-click	Selects or opens an item, depending on settings
Open context menu	Right-click	Opens a shortcut/context menu
Double-click	Left button twice	Opens files or folders
Triple-click	Left button thrice	Selects entire paragraph or line in text editors
Drag and drop	Click and hold, then move	Moves files or objects
Scroll vertically	Mouse wheel up/down	Scrolls up or down
Scroll horizontally	Shift + Mouse wheel	Scrolls left or right
Zoom in/out	Ctrl + Mouse wheel	Zooms in or out in browsers and apps
Select multiple items	Ctrl + Left-click	Adds or removes items from selection
Select range of items	Shift + Left-click	Selects all items between current and clicked item

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Open link in new tab	Ctrl + Left-click	Opens hyperlink in a new tab without switching to it
Open link in new window	Shift + Left-click	Opens hyperlink in a new browser window
Open link in background tab	Middle-click on link	Opens link in a new background tab
Close tab	Middle-click on tab	Closes the clicked browser tab
Navigate back	Mouse button 4 (on supported mice)	Goes back to the previous page
Navigate forward	Mouse button 5 (on supported mice)	Goes forward to the next page
Refresh page	Ctrl + Mouse wheel down/up	Zooms out/in on the web page
Save image	Right-click on image > “Save image as”	Saves the image to your computer
Open image in new tab	Right-click on image > “Open in new tab”	Opens the image in a new browser tab
Inspect element	Right-click > “Inspect”	Opens developer tools at the clicked element

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Open file/folder	Double-click	Opens the selected file or folder
Rename file/folder	Single-click pause, then click again	Allows renaming the selected item
Copy file/folder	Ctrl + Drag	Copies the item to the new location
Create shortcut	Alt + Drag	Creates a shortcut in the new location
View properties	Right-click > “Properties”	Opens the properties window of the item
Preview file	Right-click > “Preview”	Opens a preview of the file
Select all items	Click and drag over items	Selects multiple items within the dragged area
Deselect items	Ctrl + Left-click on selected items	Deselects specific items from the selection
Open in new window	Right-click > “Open in new window”	Opens the folder in a new File Explorer window
Pin to Quick Access	Right-click > “Pin to Quick Access”	Adds the folder to Quick Access for easy access

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Move window	Click and drag title bar	Moves the window to a new position
Resize window	Click and drag window edges	Resizes the window dimensions
Maximize window	Double-click title bar	Maximizes the window to full screen
Restore window	Double-click title bar	Restores the window to its previous size
Minimize window	Click minimize button	Minimizes the window to the taskbar
Close window	Click close button	Closes the window
Snap window to side	Drag window to left/right edge	Snaps the window to half of the screen
Snap window to corner	Drag window to corner	Snaps the window to a quarter of the screen
Peek at desktop	Hover over bottom-right corner	Temporarily shows the desktop
Show desktop	Click bottom-right corner	Minimizes all windows to show the desktop

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Scroll up	Wheel up	Scrolls up the page or document
Scroll down	Wheel down	Scrolls down the page or document
Zoom in	Ctrl + Wheel up	Zooms in on the content
Zoom out	Ctrl + Wheel down	Zooms out of the content
Navigate back	Alt + Wheel down	Navigates to the previous page (in some browsers)
Navigate forward	Alt + Wheel up	Navigates to the next page (in some browsers)
Switch tabs	Ctrl + Wheel up/down	Switches between open tabs (in some applications)
Adjust volume	Hover over volume icon + Wheel up/down	Increases or decreases system volume
Scroll horizontally	Shift + Wheel up/down	Scrolls horizontally in documents or web pages
Change desktop background	Right-click desktop > “Next desktop background”	Changes the desktop wallpaper

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Open link in new tab	Middle-click on link	Opens the link in a new browser tab
Close tab	Middle-click on tab	Closes the clicked browser tab
Open link in new window	Shift + Left-click on link	Opens the link in a new browser window
Save link as	Right-click on link > “Save link as”	Saves the link target to your computer
Copy link address	Right-click on link > “Copy link address”	Copies the URL of the link
Open image in new tab	Right-click on image > “Open in new tab”	Opens the image in a new browser tab
Save image as	Right-click on image > “Save image as”	Saves the image to your computer
Copy image	Right-click on image > “Copy image”	Copies the image to the clipboard
Print image	Right-click on image > “Print”	Opens the print dialog for the image
Search image with Google	Right-click on image > “Search Google for image”	Searches the image on Google

Action	Mouse Shortcut	Description
Select word	Double-click on word	Selects the entire word
Select paragraph	Triple-click on paragraph	Selects the entire paragraph
Drag to copy	Ctrl + Drag	Copies the selected item to a new location
Drag to create shortcut	Alt + Drag	Creates a shortcut of the item in the new location
Access context menu	Right-click	Opens the context menu for the selected item
Access taskbar context menu	Right-click on taskbar	Opens the taskbar context menu
Open notification center	Click on notification icon	Opens the notification center
Open action center	Click on action center icon	Opens the action center
Open system tray icons	Click on system tray arrow	Shows hidden system tray icons
Customize taskbar	Right-click on taskbar > “Taskbar settings”	Opens taskbar customization settings

I hope you find these shortcuts useful. Checkout Windows 11 24H2 Keyboard Shortcuts – ScottSekinger.com for Windows Keyboard Shortcuts.

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