Control Clicking or Right Clicking

Why do I have control clicking as an important skill to learn? Because "when it doubt.....control click on it!". What do I mean by this? If you just can't figure out which menu to use, or toolbar to pull up, or function to create, control click on what you want to change....and PROBABLY....your answer will be there.

What is it?

Control-clicking on a Mac is equivalent to right-clicking on a Mac or in Windows. Control-clicking usually shows a menu at the location of the mouse cursor, known as a contextual menu.

To perform a control-click, hold down the control key on your keyboard (the one with "ctrl" or "control" written on it) and click the mouse. If you are using a two button mouse then right-clicking has the same effect.

Some actions can only be performed with a control-click, however Apple's Human Interface Guidelines state that every action that needs to be done should be able to be completed without needing to resort to using a contextual menu.