How to right click on acer chromebook

Chromebooks don’t have separate left and right buttons on the trackpad. This can make some users confused about how to right click on a Chromebook.  Press or tap the touchpad with two fingers. You can also press Alt, then click with one finger.

Other Chromebook Touchpad Features

Changing Chromebook Touchpad Settings

To set how fast or slow your mouse pointer moves and how your touchpad works:

1. If you haven’t already, sign in to your Chromebook.
2. Click the status area, where your account picture appears.
3. Click Settings.
4. In the “Device” section, adjust the sliders to set your touchpad or mouse speed (how quickly your pointer moves).
5. Click Touchpad settings (or Touchpad and mouse settings) to:
   • Turn tap-to-click on or off
   • Swap your primary mouse button
   • Choose traditional scrolling or Australian scrolling
     Note: With traditional scrolling, you can swipe up on the touchpad to move up the page, and swipe down to move down. Australian scrolling works in the opposite way.
6. When you’re done, click OK.

While Chromebooks don’t have a separate right-click button on the touchpad, that doesn’t mean the function isn’t available. Should you need to right-click on something, there are a couple of ways to do so without the need to plug in a mouse.

Right-Click Using Two Fingers

The most straight-forward way of right-clicking on a Chromebook is to click the touchpad with two fingers. Just like that, a right-click context menu will appear.

However, you can take that simplicity one step further by enabling the “Tap-to-click” feature.

First, click on the clock to open the system menu and notification tray; then click on the Settings icon.

Scroll to the bottom and click “Advanced.”

Scroll a little bit further until you see the “Device” section. Click on “Touchpad.”

In the touchpad settings, toggle “Enable tap-to-click” to the on position.

Now, all you need to do is tap both fingers against the touchpad to perform a right-click, without the need to depress it completely.

Right-Click Using a Keyboard Modifier

You can also execute a right-click by pressing the Alt key on the keyboard to modify the behavior of a regular click on the touchpad. Hold down “Alt” on the keyboard, then click on the touchpad. That’s it. You just performed a “right-click” on a Chromebook. Additionally, if you enabled “Tap-to-click” from the previous section, you can hold Alt and tap anywhere on the touchpad.

Although Chromebooks don’t have a right button on the touchpad, there are still ways that you can complete a right-click to access the context menu it hides.

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