Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To press down and release a button on (a pointing device) twice in rapid succession in order to activate a command or function represented graphically on a display screen.
- intransitive verb To double-click a pointing device.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun 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 asingle-click ortriple-click . - verb computing To push the button on a
mouse twice in quicksuccession in order to perform different task that would be performed from asingle-click ortriple-click .
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Examples
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You can now double-click on the directory and see the code:
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To load a program, a list of already created programs in shown and the user can double-click it to load it in the editor.
Making Programming Easier For Kids With PyJunior | jonobacon@home 2010
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Quick tip on the Visual tab bar: if you double-click the separator, it toggles between Thumbnail previews, text-only, and text with icons. kftgr kftgr
Opera 10 Beta Adds “Turbo Mode”, Visual Tabs | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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To load a program, a list of already created programs in shown and the user can double-click it to load it in the editor.
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I can't even double-click the time to see a calendar because the Date/Time changing is locked down too.
Add A Calendar To Any Desktop Wallpaper | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Enable URL-detection and double-click your way to the web.
TED Notepad Is An Advanced, Light And Fast Plain Text Editor | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The buttons on the graphic remote weren't as responsive as I'd like - I had to double-click some options, and occasionally it would only recognize two digits if a channel had three, and I'd have to re-click repeatedly - but except for changing channels it works well.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: The Slingbox Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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If not, open the CD from your Mac desktop, then double-click on any install/setup files that seem to have two red lines, looking like a pause symbol, attached to them.
How To Run That One Windows App You Need On A Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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The buttons on the graphic remote weren't as responsive as I'd like - I had to double-click some options, and occasionally it would only recognize two digits if a channel had three, and I'd have to re-click repeatedly - but except for changing channels it works well.
Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: The Slingbox Robert J. Elisberg 2011
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So you'll have to code a. theme file for it as well (or copy from another theme and change the path to the. msstyles file), which you can double-click to apply.
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