How to hyphenate "right mouse click"
What's the proper way to hyphenate the expression "right mouse click".
I'm writing documentation for some software I wrote.
"Please right mouse click on ...".
The standard phrasing is right-click without the word mouse. Other click based phrases:
- Single click
- Double click
- Right-click
- Left-click
- Middle-click
- Ctrl-click
And so on. Whether to use a hyphen or not is somewhat personal preference and there isn't a strictly correct way to use it. If you are writing documentation or for a periodical I recommend asking your superior for the relevant style guide.