{"id":150143,"date":"2025-12-30T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T05:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=150143"},"modified":"2025-12-30T00:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T05:05:08","slug":"cant-right-click-its-on-your-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/cant-right-click-its-on-your-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Can&#8217;t Right-Click? It&#8217;s On Your Keyboard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-2877281157\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><h2>Do Not Drop Your Mouse!<\/h2>\n<p>The other day, I dropped my <strong>Corsair Iron Claw<\/strong> wireless gaming mouse, with the end result being that right-click ceased to function. I&#8217;m not normally a clumsy person, and at the time, it was sitting on my Asus gaming laptop as I was moving both to the next room. Of course, it could have been much worse &#8211; dropping the laptop would have been a disaster.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150144\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw-640x299.jpg\" alt=\"corsair-iron-claw\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw-640x299.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw-350x163.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/corsair-iron-claw.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I soon realised how often I use right-click when working with Windows, so it became a major inconvenience. I use it to select programs with which to open a file, choose an action from the drop-down dialogue, copy\/paste, and many other actions. Many of these functions can be done with a keyboard, such as <strong>Ctrl+C<\/strong>\u00a0for copy and <strong>Ctrl+V<\/strong> for paste, for example, so I had to find a way to emulate right-click. First, I went into the Corsair iCue software to reassign right-click, but couldn&#8217;t find a way to do it, little realising that the solution had been staring me in the face for years.<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Ignore The Power Of Your Keyboard<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150147\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-640x299.jpg\" alt=\"main-keyboard\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-640x299.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-350x163.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-150x70.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard-768x359.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/keyboard.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up until the other day, I hadn&#8217;t noticed the menu key on my various keyboards, and it turns out that if you simply highlight an icon on your desktop with a left-click and then hit the menu key, the right-click dialogue appears. Or, in Windows 11, where that dialogue has been shrunk, hit <strong>Shift+Menu <\/strong>key and you get the full dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/right-click.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-150150\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/right-click-640x681.jpg\" alt=\"right-click\" width=\"640\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/right-click-640x681.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/right-click-350x372.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/right-click-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/right-click.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On my laptop, I need to use the<strong> FN+Menu<\/strong> key, and the result is the same. So if you find yourself in a similar situation where your right-click no longer works, try the options I just mentioned.<\/p><div id=\"daves-4203601262\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-2500169285\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Not Drop Your Mouse! The other day, I dropped my Corsair Iron Claw wireless gaming mouse, with the end result being that right-click ceased to function. I&#8217;m not normally a clumsy person, and at the time, it was sitting on my Asus gaming laptop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1640,"featured_media":150199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11314,14723],"class_list":["post-150143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-mouse-problems","tag-no-right-click"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150267,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150143\/revisions\/150267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}