Five tricks with the mouse in Windows 8 that you may not know
Table of contents:
- Drag files with the right mouse button
- Select text in columns
- Select multiple parts of a text
- Access hidden Windows Explorer options
- Open and close tabs with the mouse wheel
Productivity is something very important, and to make the most of the time when using a PC, it is important to know all those little tricks and keyboard shortcuts that can save us several tedious steps. We have already talked about keyboard shortcuts before in this space, but not about mouse tricks
Therefore, today we will see five that you may find very useful, with which you can select text in columns, multiple non-continuous parts of a text, or open new browser tabs automatically when clicking click on a link.
Drag files with the right mouse button
By default in Windows, when dragging a file from one device or hard drive to another, a copy of it will be created, keeping one of them in its original location. However, if we drag a file within the same drive, it will be moved instead of copied.
The problem comes when you want to copy a file when moving it within the same disk. To do this, select the file with the right click, and when you release it a menu will appear allowing you to choose what to do with that file in the new location: copy here , move here, create shortcut icons here or Cancel
Select text in columns
One of the most interesting and at the same time most hidden tricks in all of Windows is the possibility of copying text in columns. To be able to do it, we just have to keep the Alt key pressed while we move the cursor upwards or downwards.
Select multiple parts of a text
If you would like to copy different parts of a text at once, instead of making different copies for each piece, you should know that it is possible.
By hold down the Ctrl key while selecting text, if you release the left-click but hold down the left-click key, you can continue selecting more text without the previous selection being discarded.
Access hidden Windows Explorer options
To display the options on a file or folder in Windows 8, you can right-click and you will see a series of options. However, you are not seeing all existing ones by doing this.
Holding down the Shift key while using the mouse right-click on a file, you will see a number of new options available.
Open and close tabs with the mouse wheel
This last trick is perhaps the best known of all, but if you have a mouse with a central wheel, it can make navigation much easier when opening and closing new tabs.
If we press the middle wheel of the mouse while the cursor is over a link, we will open said link in a new tab. If we do it while the cursor is over a browser tab, we will automatically close it.
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