Point-and-click is the action of a computer user moving a cursor to a certain location on a screen (point) and then pressing a mouse button, usually the left one (click), or other pointing device. Users in a Computing context refers to one who uses a computer system In computing a cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a Computer monitor or other Display device that will respond to input from a text input or A visual display unit, often called simply a monitor or display, is a piece of Electrical equipment which displays images generated from the Video In Computing, a mouse (plural mice, mouse devices, or mouses) A pointing device is an Input interface (specifically a Human interface device) that allows a user to input spatial (ie continuous and multi-dimensional data An example of point-and-click is in hypermedia, where users click on hyperlinks to navigate from document to document. Hypermedia is used as a logical extension of the term Hypertext in which graphics audio video plain text and Hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear In computing a hyperlink is a Reference or Navigation element in a Document to another Section of the same document or to another
The time required to perform a point-and-click action can be quantitatively modeled with Fitts' law. In Human-computer interaction and Ergonomics, Fitts's law (often cited as Fitts' law) is a model of human movement which predicts the time required to rapidly
User interfaces, for example graphical user interfaces, are sometimes described as "point-and-click interfaces", often to suggest that they are very easy to use, requiring that the user simply point to indicate their wishes. The user interface (or Human Computer Interface) is the aggregate of means by which people&mdash the users '&mdash interact with the System These interfaces are sometimes referred to condescendingly (e. g. by Unix users) as "click-and-drool interfaces". Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with Small caps) is a computer
The use of this phrase to describe software implies that the interface can be controlled solely through the mouse, with little or no input from the keyboard, as with many graphical user interfaces. In Computing, a keyboard is an Input device partially modelled after the typewriter keyboard which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys
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Single-click
A single-click or click is the act of pressing a computer mouse button once without moving the mouse. In Computing, a mouse (plural mice, mouse devices, or mouses) Single clicking is usually a primary action of the mouse. Often, single-clicking selects (or highlights) an object while double-clicking executes or opens the object. A double-click is the act of pressing a Computer mouse button twice quickly without moving the mouse
On icons
By default on most computer systems, for a person to select a certain software function, he or she will have to click on the left button . An example of this can be a person clicking on an icon. On Computer displays, a computer icon is a small Pictogram. Icons have been used to supplement the normal alphanumerics of the computer
On text
In many text processing programs, such as web browsers or word processors, clicking on text moves the cursor to that location. A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a
Double-click
See also
- 1-Click (one-click buying)
- Drag-and-drop
- Graphical user interface
- Mouse chording
- One click install
- Point-and-click adventure game
External links
- Institute for Interactive Research, website interface without any mechanisms to click on for a different way of navigation
- Online Clicking game - click for your country
- www.wildenburg-spiel.de – Online point and click adventure game
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