[gnome-user-docs] mouse-middleclick: Note about apps in shell (neat!), candidate



commit 74f3c3fb62d941b3978f8b20966adc6354d04f4a
Author: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Date:   Thu Apr 7 09:23:54 2011 -0400

    mouse-middleclick: Note about apps in shell (neat!), candidate

 gnome-help/C/mouse-middleclick.page |   57 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/gnome-help/C/mouse-middleclick.page b/gnome-help/C/mouse-middleclick.page
index 853760c..77f2727 100644
--- a/gnome-help/C/mouse-middleclick.page
+++ b/gnome-help/C/mouse-middleclick.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  <desc>Use the middle mouse button to paste text or open tabs.</desc>
 
  <revision pkgversion="3.0" date="2011-04-05" status="final"/>
- <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="candidate"/>
  
  <link type="guide" xref="tips" />
 
@@ -27,31 +27,36 @@
 with a scroll wheel, you can usually press directly down on the scroll
 wheel to middle-click. If you don't have a middle mouse button, you
 can press the left and right mouse buttons at the same time to
-middle-click.</p>
-
-<p>Many applications use middle-click for advanced click shortcuts.
-One common shortcut is to paste selected text. (This is sometimes
-called primary selection paste.) Select the text you want to paste,
-then go to where you want to paste it and middle-click. The selected
-text is pasted at the mouse position.</p>
-
-<p>Pasting text with your middle mouse button is completely separate
-from the normal clipboard. Selecting text does not copy it to your
-clipboard. This quick method of pasting only works with the middle
-mouse button.</p>
-
-<p>Most web browsers allow you to open links in tabs quickly with
-the middle mouse button. Just click any link with your middle mouse
-button, and it will open in a new tab. Be careful clicking the link
-in the <app>Firefox</app> web browser, though. In <app>Firefox</app>,
-if you middle-click anywhere except on a link, it will try to load
-your selected text as a URL, as if you used middle-click to paste
-it to the location bar and pressed <key>Enter</key>.</p>
-
-<p>In the file manager, middle-click serves two roles. If you
-middle-click a folder, it will open in a new tab. This mimics the
-behavior of popular web browsers. If you middle-click a file, it
-will open the file, just as if you had double-clicked.</p>
+middle-click. Many applications use middle-click for advanced click
+shortcuts.</p>
+
+<list style="compact">
+  <item><p>One common shortcut is to paste selected text. (This is sometimes
+  called primary selection paste.) Select the text you want to paste, then go
+  to where you want to paste it and middle-click. The selected text is pasted
+  at the mouse position.</p>
+  <p>Pasting text with your middle mouse button is completely separate
+  from the normal clipboard. Selecting text does not copy it to your
+  clipboard. This quick method of pasting only works with the middle
+  mouse button.</p></item>
+
+  <item><p>In the <gui>Activities</gui> overview, you can quickly open a new
+  window for an application in its own new workspace with middle-click. Simply
+  middle-click on the application's icon, either in the dash on the left, or in
+  the applications overview.</p></item>
+
+  <item><p>Most web browsers allow you to open links in tabs quickly with the
+  middle mouse button. Just click any link with your middle mouse button, and
+  it will open in a new tab. Be careful clicking the link in the <app>Firefox</app>
+  web browser, though. In <app>Firefox</app>, if you middle-click anywhere except
+  on a link, it will try to load your selected text as a URL, as if you used
+  middle-click to paste it to the location bar and pressed <key>Enter</key>.</p></item>
+
+  <item><p>In the file manager, middle-click serves two roles. If you
+  middle-click a folder, it will open in a new tab. This mimics the
+  behavior of popular web browsers. If you middle-click a file, it
+  will open the file, just as if you had double-clicked.</p></item>
+</list>
 
 <p>Some specialized applications allow you to use the middle mouse
 button for other functions. Search your application's help for



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