Things You Can Do with a Middle Click on Your Mouse

In Your Browser

 

Your browser—whether it's Firefox, Chrome, or even Internet Explorer—makes better use of the middle mouse button than anything else. With it, you can:

• Close a tab by middle-clicking on the tab

• Open a link in a new tab by middle-clicking on the link (this also works in the address bar's drop-down menu and back and forward buttons)

• Open all bookmarks in a folder at once by middle-clicking on the folder in your bookmarks bar

• Enable auto-scroll by middle-clicking on a web page

• Paste text in Firefox with a middle click, by enabling the middlemouse.paste option in about:config

• You may be able to add more functionality to your browser with extensions, but these are the middle-click shortcuts built into most browsers.