Parsing Windows XP's "click to lock" feature

In Windows, the use of the mouse is much easier to operate, but are you feeling tired of the index finger? Windows XP provides a "click to lock" feature that frees your index finger.

Enable Click Lock

1. Click “Control Panel” in the “Start” menu, then double-click “Mouse”, the “Mouse Properties” dialog box will pop up;

2. Click the "Mouse Button" tab, then under the "Click to lock" heading, select the "Enable click to lock" check box;

3. To change the setting "Click to lock" "When you want to hold down the mouse button, click the "Settings" button, then in the "Click to lock settings" dialog box, move the slider to change the length of time you need to hold down the mouse button before clicking is locked. (Figure). For example, if you find that the button is locked when you try to click, you should increase the "click to lock" time;

4. Click the "OK" button.

Using Click Lock

The "Click Lock" feature allows you to select text or drag files without having to hold down the mouse. When the "Enable click lock" checkbox is selected, the click is locked as long as the left mouse button is held down for a while. After the lock is clicked, you move the mouse just like you did by dragging the left mouse button.

Here, you may wish to open the "Explorer" window, select several files, hold down the left mouse button for a while, then release the left button. Now, if you move the mouse again, it must be that the selected file moves with the mouse pointer. Similarly, after a click is clicked, in a word processing software such as Word, you can slice selected text without having to hold down the left mouse button.

Of course, whether this feature is applicable to you, please ask for it after you try it out!