ClickLock: Highlight or Drag Without Holding Down the Mouse Button

To highlight or drag without holding the mouse button you can select the ClickLock option. This procedure tells you how to turn on ClickLock through Mouse Properties in Control Panel.

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Start menu:

Select Control Panel

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key [image: Windows logo key] ).

Select Control Panel by pressing C.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
Select Mouse.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.
Move to Mouse by pressing the arrow keys.
Press ENTER.

In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under ClickLock:

Select the Turn on ClickLock check box.
Select the ClickLock Settings button.

In the Mouse Properties dialog box, on the Buttons tab, under ClickLock:

Select Turn on ClickLock by pressing T.
Select the ClickLock Settings button by pressing E.

In the Settings for ClickLock dialog box:

Adjust how long you need to hold down a mouse or trackball button before your click is “locked” by moving the slider arrow.
Click OK twice.

In the Settings for ClickLock dialog box:

Adjust how long you need to hold down a mouse or trackball button before your click is “locked” by moving the slider using the RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW keys.
Press ENTER.
Move to the OK button by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

[image: Control Panel: Mouse: Buttons tab: ClickLock: Turn on ClickLock]

Control Panel: Mouse: Buttons tab: ClickLock: Turn on ClickLock

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ClickLock: Highlight or Drag Without Holding Down the Mouse Button

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