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55 <desc>Use the middle mouse button to paste text or open tabs.</desc>
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2626 with a scroll wheel, you can usually press directly down on the scroll
2727 wheel to middle-click. If you don't have a middle mouse button, you
2828 can press the left and right mouse buttons at the same time to
29 middle-click.</p>
29 middle-click. Many applications use middle-click for advanced click
30 shortcuts.</p>
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31 <p>Many applications use middle-click for advanced click shortcuts.
32 One common shortcut is to paste selected text. (This is sometimes
33 called primary selection paste.) Select the text you want to paste,
34 then go to where you want to paste it and middle-click. The selected
35 text is pasted at the mouse position.</p>
32 <list style="compact">
33 <item><p>One common shortcut is to paste selected text. (This is sometimes
34 called primary selection paste.) Select the text you want to paste, then go
35 to where you want to paste it and middle-click. The selected text is pasted
36 at the mouse position.</p>
37 <p>Pasting text with your middle mouse button is completely separate
38 from the normal clipboard. Selecting text does not copy it to your
39 clipboard. This quick method of pasting only works with the middle
40 mouse button.</p></item>
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37 <p>Pasting text with your middle mouse button is completely separate
38 from the normal clipboard. Selecting text does not copy it to your
39 clipboard. This quick method of pasting only works with the middle
40 mouse button.</p>
42 <item><p>In the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, you can quickly open a new
43 window for an application in its own new workspace with middle-click. Simply
44 middle-click on the application's icon, either in the dash on the left, or in
45 the applications overview.</p></item>
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42 <p>Most web browsers allow you to open links in tabs quickly with
43 the middle mouse button. Just click any link with your middle mouse
44 button, and it will open in a new tab. Be careful clicking the link
45 in the <app>Firefox</app> web browser, though. In <app>Firefox</app>,
46 if you middle-click anywhere except on a link, it will try to load
47 your selected text as a URL, as if you used middle-click to paste
48 it to the location bar and pressed <key>Enter</key>.</p>
47 <item><p>Most web browsers allow you to open links in tabs quickly with the
48 middle mouse button. Just click any link with your middle mouse button, and
49 it will open in a new tab. Be careful clicking the link in the <app>Firefox</app>
50 web browser, though. In <app>Firefox</app>, if you middle-click anywhere except
51 on a link, it will try to load your selected text as a URL, as if you used
52 middle-click to paste it to the location bar and pressed <key>Enter</key>.</p></item>
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50 <p>In the file manager, middle-click serves two roles. If you
51 middle-click a folder, it will open in a new tab. This mimics the
52 behavior of popular web browsers. If you middle-click a file, it
53 will open the file, just as if you had double-clicked.</p>
54 <item><p>In the file manager, middle-click serves two roles. If you
55 middle-click a folder, it will open in a new tab. This mimics the
56 behavior of popular web browsers. If you middle-click a file, it
57 will open the file, just as if you had double-clicked.</p></item>
58 </list>
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5560 <p>Some specialized applications allow you to use the middle mouse
5661 button for other functions. Search your application's help for