Mouse chording is the capability of performing actions when multiple mouse buttons are held down, much like a chorded keyboard.
Plan 9 heavily makes use of mouse chording. It behaves on text in the following manner
- the left (button 1) selects
- holding the left and clicking the middle (button 2) cuts
- holding the left and clicking the right (button 3) pastes
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editor, the following happens:
- button 1 selects as normally
- button 2 performs an action
- button 3 performs context-based actions