Editing Computer mouse (section)

== Buttons ==
{{Main|Mouse button}}
[[File:Razer Naga 2014 MMO Gaming Mouse (14714867599).jpg|thumb|[[Razer Inc.|Razer]] Mouse with additional buttons]]

Mouse buttons are [[miniature snap-action switch|microswitches]] which can be pressed to select or interact with an element of a [[graphical user interface]], producing a distinctive clicking sound.

Since around the late 1990s, the three-button scrollmouse has become the de facto standard. Users most commonly employ the second button to invoke a [[context menu|contextual menu]] in the computer's software user interface, which contains options specifically tailored to the interface element over which the mouse cursor currently sits. By default, the primary mouse button sits located on the left-hand side of the mouse, for the benefit of right-handed users; left-handed users can usually reverse this configuration via software.