Triple-click
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Triple-click is the action of clicking a computer mouse button three times quickly without moving the mouse. Along with clicking and double-clicking, triple-clicking allows three different actions to be associated with the same mouse button. Criticism of the double-click mechanism is even more valid for triple-clicks.{{cite book |author=Allan Day |url=https://developer.gnome.org/hig/ |title=GNOME Human Interface Guidelines |chapter-url=https://developer.gnome.org/hig/3.22/pointer-and-touch-input.html.en |chapter=Pointer and touch input |publisher=GNOME |version=v3.22 |access-date=2016-11-28}} However, few applications assign critical actions to a triple click.
Examples of usage
=On text=
In most text processing programs and edit controls triple-clicking with the primary mouse button (the left button for right-handers) on the text selects the entire line. If the edit control is not multiline, the entire text is selected.{{cite book |author= |url=http://invisible-island.net/xterm/manpage/xterm.html |title=xterm - terminal emulator for X |chapter-url=http://invisible-island.net/xterm/manpage/xterm.html#h2-POINTER-USAGE |chapter=Pointer Usage |date=2016-10-07 |access-date=2016-11-28}}{{cite book |author=Jonathan Singer |author2=Kurt Hindenburg |url=https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/konsole/index.html |title=The Konsole Handbook |chapter-url=https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/konsole/mousebuttons.html |chapter=1. Introduction: Mouse Buttons |publisher=KDE |date=2016-07-09 |access-date=2016-11-28}}{{cite book |author=Thad McGinnis |author2=Anne-Marie Mahfouf |author3=Anders Lund |author4=T.C. Hollingswort |url=https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/katepart/ |title=The KatePart Handbook |chapter-url=https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/applications/katepart/kate-part-selection.html |chapter=Working with the Selection |publisher=KDE |date=2016-04-09 |access-date=2016-11-28}}
=Microsoft Word=
A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the entire paragraph.
A triple-click in the left margin (when the mouse pointer is an up-and-to-the-right arrow) selects the entire document.
=Microsoft Works=
A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the line.
A triple-click in the left margin (when the mouse pointer is an up-and-to-the-right arrow) selects the entire document.
=Corel WordPerfect=
A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the sentence.
A triple-click in the left margin (when the mouse pointer is an up-and-to-the-right arrow) selects the entire document.
=Outlook and Outlook Express=
A triple-click within a paragraph in the text area selects the entire paragraph.
=Text fields=
A triple-click in a text entry field (a text entry widget) selects the entire line of text. This is a standard feature of the widgets themselves, so works in most applications, on Linux as well as Windows.{{cite web |author= |url=https://codereview.qt-project.org/gitweb?p=qt/qtbase.git;a=blob;f=src/widgets/widgets/qlineedit.cpp |title=QLineEdit.cpp |publisher=Qt |access-date=2016-11-28}}
=Quark Express=
A triple-click selects the current line.
Four clicks selects the current paragraph.
Five clicks selects the whole document.{{cite web
|url=https://www.quark.com/documentation/quarkxpress/2019/english/A%20Guide%20to%20QuarkXPress%202019/_5_3719690306931965E7_6.html
|title=A Guide to QuarkXPress 2019, Text and Typography
|access-date=2020-04-27}}
=Web browsers=
==Firefox 3.0==
In Firefox 3.0 a triple-click will highlight all text within any single HTML element on the page.
==Firefox 3.5==
In Firefox 3.5 and upwards, a triple-click selects the entire paragraph. If the triple click is inside a content editable element, and is on the first paragraph, it selects the text, and the opening tag of the {{mono|contentEditable}} element.
==Internet Explorer 7==
In Internet Explorer 7 a triple-click will highlight all text within any single HTML element on the page. If there is an article with multiple paragraphs one can highlight an entire paragraph with a triple-click.
==Opera==
In Opera a triple-click will select all text within a sentence while automatically popping up a list of commands to apply to the selected text. A quadruple-click will select all text within a single paragraph while keeping the aforementioned popup open.
==Safari 3.0==
In Safari 3.0 a triple-click will highlight all text within any single HTML element on the page. If there is an article with multiple paragraphs one can highlight an entire paragraph with a triple-click.
==Chrome==
In Google Chrome (and by extension ChromeOS), triple-clicking any part of a Web page will cause the nearest text node to be highlighted completely.
Adjusting speed
Adjusting speed of triple-click depends on the operating system:
- On Windows XP triple-clicking has the same time as double-click and changing the double-click setting affects triple-click behavior as well.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
See also
{{wiktionary|triple-click}}
References
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