Mouse chording  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to:
navigation, search  Mouse chording is the capability of
performing actions when multiple mouse buttons are held down,
much like a chorded keyboard. Like mouse gestures, chorded
actions may lack feedback and affordance and would therefore
offer no way for users to discover possible chords without
reference. A similar feature such as a context menu would
require less training.  In the X Window System, and on some
laptops with integrated 2-button mice, a three button mouse can
be emulated using a chorded click from both the right and left
buttons which is translated into a middle click. This middle-
click emulation does not enable chords which involve the middle
click. The Apple Mighty Mouse does not support mouse chording
due to the design of the button sensors.  One common application
of mouse chording, called rocker navigation, is found in Opera
and in mouse gesture extensions of Mozilla Firefox.[citation
needed] Rocker navigation typically involve