[gnome-user-docs] mouse-middleclick: Note about apps in shell (neat!), candidate
- From: Shaun McCance <shaunm src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gnome-user-docs] mouse-middleclick: Note about apps in shell (neat!), candidate
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:19:13 +0000 (UTC)
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revision pkgversion="3.0" version="3.0.1" date="2011-04-06" status="outdated"/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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