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Electric switch on a computer mouse
A mouse button is an electric switch on a computer mouse which can be pressed (“clicked”) to select or interact with an element of a graphical user interface. Mouse buttons are most commonly implemented as miniature snap-action switches. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Mouse buttonA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Protective Properties of the White Button Mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, in a Mouse Model of ColitisInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The complete HyperCard handbookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Huntington Disease’s Glial Progenitor Cells Hit the Pause Button in the Mouse BrainCited 9 times
- Go sideways: ScrollbarA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Context menuA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Huntington Disease’s Glial Progenitor Cells Hit the Pause Button in the Mouse Brain
Circling: a method of mouse-based selection without button presses
Prevalence of Lifted Finger Behavior and Postures during Two-Button Computer Mouse Use
🆕 Influential since 2022
đź“š Books worth reading
The complete HyperCard handbookDanny Goodman · 1987
Using MacWrite and MacPaintTim Field · 1984
Microsoft Office 98 for MacintoshDan Henderson · 1998
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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