The Many Things You Can Do with a Middle Click on Your Mouse

The Many Things You Can Do with a Middle Click on Your Mouse explains how the middle mouse button can speed up everyday tasks beyond standard scrolling. The article notes that even on laptops without a dedicated middle button, users may replicate the function by pressing left and right buttons together or by using a program such as AutoHotkey. It also points out that Mac mice typically lack a middle button, though a browser gesture app like MiddleClick could add similar capabilities. In browsers such as Firefox and Chrome, the article says middle-clicking can close tabs, open links in new tabs, and enable auto-scroll, along with other navigation shortcuts. For Windows, it describes middle-click actions including opening a new instance from a program’s taskbar icon and enabling auto-scroll in Microsoft Office documents. It adds that in Linux, middle-clicking in a textbox pastes clipboard content across many apps.