Keyboard shortcut for 'Right Click'

[VA]

Some people (espcialy oder) still battle with the mouse and more specifically 'Right Click'. Most of them expect this funcitonality especially since most keyboards have a key for it (not too sure of it's name).

[Lightbreeze (nedhoy-gmail)]

Are you asking for a keybaord shortcut for the right-click menu? This would be the menu key, usually found near the space bar. All my keyboards have a little context menu drawn on it. I don't think there is an entry in Keyboard Shortcut preferences for this though. Does that solve your problem?

[David Siegel (djsiegel-deactivatedaccount)]

F12 performs right-click.

[VA (vlad-anuchin)]

Tried it in Nautilus just now: no go. Could it be because it's a laptop
keyboard (Dell M2300)?

On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 15:24 +0000, David Siegel wrote:
> F12 performs right-click.
>

[VA (vlad-anuchin)]

It would exactly

On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 12:12 +0000, Lightbreeze wrote:
> Are you asking for a keybaord shortcut for the right-click menu? This
> would be the menu key, usually found near the space bar. All my
> keyboards have a little context menu drawn on it. I don't think there is
> an entry in Keyboard Shortcut preferences for this though. Does that
> solve your problem?
>
> ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Dave Gilbert (ubuntu-treblig)]

It is possible to do this with mousekeys - but it has to be said it's not easy;

(shift-numlock to turn mouse keys on, keypad - to select right key, then press 5 ) - easy?!

In some ways it's a pity that the mouse keys /,*,- keys switch mode, they would be better as a prefix.