What if I told you that you could increase your productivity in less than half a second? If you’re someone who likes to leave their right-click mouse button set to ENTER, this tip is for you.
If you’re not using the contextual popup menus when you right-click, you’re missing out on one of my favorite productivity enhancements. Below are some examples. On the left, a viewport is selected, on the right, a hatch. Since the menus are contextual, you get commands that are specific to what’s selected.
But if you’re someone who just can’t give up your right click as ENTER, you can still have the best of both worlds. It’s easy using the time-sensitive right-click feature.
Enabling Time Sensitive Right Click
To turn it on, simply call up the Options dialog box, go to the User Preferences tab and then click on the Right Click Customization button. You’ll get a second dialog that contains the control for time-sensitive right clicks.
When enabled, right click will still function as you prefer, with a single, quick click working as ENTER, but if you hold the mouse button down just a little longer – a quarter of a second by default – you’ll get the contextual popup menu instead. Do you feel like you need to hold it down longer or less? Change the click duration setting up or down (it’s shown in milliseconds).
So, by changing your workflow by just a fraction of a second, you can still use right click as you like it, but you can also have access to a myriad of task appropriate tools at your fingertips – all by using time-sensitive right click.
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