Long right-click will open context menu?

[Andy]

When I do a long right-click on an icon on the desktop thern I get the
contet-menu.

It is the same if I do a long right click in either the righthand pane
or the lefthand folder pane of Windows Explorer.

Is this a standard feature in XP or is it coming from some 3rd party
application?

 

[Guest]

This is a standard feature of all Windows versions since Windows '95

 

[Andy]

This is a standard feature of all Windows versions since Windows
'95

Jeeze! I must have been living in a cave not to have heard.

What other long-click commands are there?

 

[Ted Zieglar]

A right-click produces the context menu instantly. If you find you have
to hold down the right mouse button for any length of tine in order to
see the context menu then it's time for a new mouse.

 

[Andy]

Andy wrote

A right-click produces the context menu instantly. If you find you
have to hold down the right mouse button for any length of tine in
order to see the context menu then it's time for a new mouse.

So I guess you are saying that it is not a separate command, after all.

What was JP saying then?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

What does LONG mean in regard to Right click?

Context menu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_menu

Type: use shortcut menus in the Search box in Help and Support.

From XP HELP:

To use shortcut menus
* Open Windows Explorer.
* Right-click a file or folder.
The shortcut menu displays the most common commands for that item.

Notes
* To open Windows Explorer, click Start, point to Programs, point to
Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.
* Shortcut menus also appear when you right-click a file or folder on your
desktop, in the right pane of a folder window, or when you right-click an
empty space on the taskbar or desktop.
* To display the entire shortcut menu, press and hold down SHIFT while
right-clicking.

Do you electricity in your cave? ;-)

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[Wesley Vogel]

Context menus from a right click should open fairly quickly, if not there
are know reasons for them opening slowly.

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

It is the same if I do a long right click in either the righthand pane
or the lefthand folder pane of Windows Explorer.

To use shortcut menus
* Open Windows Explorer.
* Right-click a file or folder.
The shortcut menu displays the most common commands for that item.

* Shortcut menus also appear when you right-click a file or folder on your
desktop, in the right pane of a folder window, or when you right-click an
empty space on the taskbar or desktop.

Is this a standard feature in XP or is it coming from some 3rd party
application?

Yes.

It is a standard Windows feature, but 3rd party programs also add items to
Context menus. And some of those can cause problems.


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[Andy]

Context menu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_menu

Type: use shortcut menus in the Search box in Help and
Support.

From XP HELP:

To use shortcut menus
* Open Windows Explorer.
* Right-click a file or folder.
The shortcut menu displays the most common commands for that item.

Notes
* To open Windows Explorer, click Start, point to Programs, point
to Accessories, and then click Windows Explorer.
* Shortcut menus also appear when you right-click a file or folder
on your desktop, in the right pane of a folder window, or when you
right-click an empty space on the taskbar or desktop.
* To display the entire shortcut menu, press and hold down SHIFT
while right-clicking.

Do you electricity in your cave? ;-)

At the end of you post, it says SHIFT right-click shows the entire
shortcut menu. Everything I tired shows the same context menu with
or without the SHIFT.

Do you know if the quoted text is correct about this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

At the end of you post, it says SHIFT right-click shows the entire

shortcut menu. Everything I tired shows the same context menu with
or without the SHIFT.

That only applies IF there are any hidden items in a Context menu.

Shift + Right Click opens the object's context menu with hidden verbs shown,
if any.

Shift + Right Click can also Add Open With.. to Right Click Menu.

Also, if an item is highlighted (selected) then you can Shift + Right Click
anywhere to get the context menu that you would normally have to actually
right click ON that actual item.

Try it on your Desktop.
Click an icon once to highlight it.
Hold down the Shift key and right click a blank spot on the Desktop.
The Context menu for the selected item comes up, not the Context menu for
the Desktop.

Try it in a folder also.

Try it in Internet Explorer also.

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[Andy]

Jeeze, Wesley. You are dead right. Very interesting. Here I am
thinking I have been using Windows for 100 billion years (well, ages
anyway) and I have never come across these commands.

OK. Spill the beans! Where can I get a full list of them?


Andy

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Where can I get a full list of them?

David Candy's comprehensive "Shortcut Keys and Key Modifiers.hta" tool lists
all the shortcut keys in Windows. You can get it from here:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers/msg/8ce9d96d8ca69c86

See also:

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=126449

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Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Jeeze, Wesley. You are dead right. Very interesting. Here I am
thinking I have been using Windows for 100 billion years (well, ages
anyway) and I have never come across these commands.

OK. Spill the beans! Where can I get a full list of them?


Andy

 

[Alec S.]

Also, if an item is highlighted (selected) then you can Shift + Right Click
anywhere to get the context menu that you would normally have to actually
right click ON that actual item.

Actually, that is merely a side-effect of multiple selection, not a specific feature. Holding Shift down is a way to select
multiple items (a range). The same goes for Ctrl (individual items).