Turn On/Off Mouse Click Lock in Windows 10/8/7 [Tutorial]
703Turn On/Off Mouse Click Lock in Windows 10/8/7 [Tutorial]
Clicklock is the feature in Windows that allows you to use single-clicks to act as though it is giving you double click functionality with some features around the operating system.
For example, you would usually have to double-click on a window to drag that window around the screen. But with ClickLock turned on, you can hold in a single-click for a number of allocated seconds, and it’ll then allow you to drag the windows automatically instead—without having clicked a second time.
For people who have been using Windows with its default settings for many years this can take some getting used to, and if you don’t have a specific need for it, you’re probably going to prefer turning it off. However, ClickLock does serve a purpose for some people—they won’t have to keep their fingers pressed down if they’re doing a lot of dragging.
Depending on your specific need, Windows allows you to change the speed ClickLock takes to kick into gear. The default setting, for instance, might require you having to hold in the single-click for too long and thus rendering the feature useless due to it taking more time than if you were to just double-click. And even though this isn’t a feature necessarily designed to save you time, if you’re using more if it you’re going to be less inclined to use it because few things are as important in this world—including your fingers!—as time.
This tutorials demonstrates how to turn on and off the mouse ClickLock as well as adjust how long you need to hold down the single-click before you can drag windows and have other double-click functionality in Windows.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).