ALL meanings of double-click
dou·ble-click
D d - verb without object double-click to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon. 1
- verb with object double-click to double-click (a mouse button) or double-click (a program, file, etc.) 1
- noun Technical meaning of double-click (operating system) Two clicks of a mouse button made in rapid succession without moving the mouse. A double-click often combines the actions of selecting, and then activating an object in a GUI, e.g. selecting and opening a document. Some text editors use double-click to select the word under the mouse pointer. When used as a verb it is often written as two words with a space instead of a hyphen. 1
- verb double-click If you double-click on an area of a computer screen, you point the cursor at that area and press one of the buttons on the mouse twice quickly in order to make something happen. 0
- verb double-click to click (a mouse button) twice in rapid succession 0
- noun double-click (computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click. 0
- verb double-click (computing) To push the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task than would be performed from a single-click or triple-click. 0