Editing Mouse chording (section)

{{Short description|Actions performed by holding multiple computer mouse buttons}}
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'''Mouse chording''' is the capability of performing actions when multiple [[Computer mouse|mouse]] buttons are held down, much like a [[chorded keyboard]] and similar to [[mouse gestures]].

One common application of mouse chording, called ''rocker navigation'', is found in [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] and in mouse gesture extensions for [[Mozilla Firefox]]. Rocker navigation typically involves the following two mouse chords:
* Hold the left button and click the right button to move forward in the browser's history.
* Hold the right button and click the left button to move backward in the browser's history.

The operating systems [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs|Plan 9]] and [[Oberon operating system|Oberon]] and the [[acme (text editor)|acme]] development environment make heavy use of mouse chording.  [[OS/2]] [[Presentation Manager]] can also use chording to copy and paste text using two buttons however [[Common User Access]] key combinations are more frequently used.