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Is there any possible way to assign the Windows right-click keyboard button on macOS in order to use it as a shortcut?

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  • What differentiates a 'windows right click button' from any other? – Tetsujin May 12 '20 at 17:54
  • While not specifically “right click” these are all potential dupes: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/249375/mouse-middle-click-in-mac-os-misson-control-and-close-tab-at-the-same-time-ho/249378#249378 and https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/84157/how-can-i-remap-the-right-mouse-button-to-the-left-mouse-button – Allan May 12 '20 at 18:04
  • Also... https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/287609/i-have-a-two-mouses-one-for-each-hand-how-can-i-set-the-primary-mouse-button-s/287612#287612 and https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/385158/make-launchpad-appear-on-screen-with-mouse/385428#385428 – Allan May 12 '20 at 18:05
  • @Tetsujin I would like to use the key on the keyboard and not the key on the mouse – ungarmichael May 12 '20 at 18:06
  • What kind of keyboard do you have? – nohillside May 12 '20 at 18:07
  • Do you mean you want to remap a keyboard key to right click? – Allan May 12 '20 at 18:10
  • @nohillside logitech g410 atlas – ungarmichael May 12 '20 at 19:02
  • @Allan no, windows keyboards have typically a key that is ment for the same purpose as the right click on the mouse is... and i want to use that on mac. – ungarmichael May 12 '20 at 19:03
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    I've never seen a Windows-specific keyboard with such a key, but if there were one, it ought to generate a right-click, the same as a mouse. – Tetsujin May 12 '20 at 19:10
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    I know exactly what the Windows Menu Key is, but that's not is not what you originally asked. You wanted to know how to reassign "right click" to something else, which has already been asked/answered several time. Now, the scope has changed to remapping a key to a mouse event, and that too, has also been asked. Can you please [edit] your question so that you clearly state what you're after? – Allan May 12 '20 at 19:31
  • I got it but maybe it’s bc I was looking for it too years ago. Maybe you should ask for a shortcut to open the context menu on curso position/focus in Finder. – needlol May 13 '20 at 08:13

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The Menu key is mapped to this key combination by default:

fn+shift+F10.

However, it is very Windows specific and seemingly only implemented in Microsoft applications on macOS. This will follow the cursor location in applications that support it, whereas right click implementations on Mac usually follow the mouse pointer.

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