Guide to Right Clicking on iPad

If you want to execute a right-click action on your iPad without using a mouse, here's how: simply tap and hold the screen for a few seconds to bring up a menu of options. This Mytour tutorial shows you the steps to right-click on links, web pages, and apps on your iPad.

Find the desired link. Navigate to the webpage containing the link you wish to right-click on.

Press and hold the link. Use your finger to tap and hold the link for a few seconds until the context menu appears.

Review the options in the right-click menu. When right-clicking on links, you'll typically see choices like Open, Open in Background, and Open in New Private Window. Select your preferred action from the menu.

• This technique is applicable to all types of links, including embedded and image links.

Launch your web browser. Access your web browser app on the iPad.

• Safari is the pre-installed browser on iPad, so use it if you haven’t added another.

Select a tab. Tabs can be found at either the top or bottom of your browser screen. Tap on the specific tab you wish to right-click on.

• If you have only one tab open, you can proceed to the next step directly.

Long-press the tab. Touch and hold the tab located at the browser's top to display the context menu options.

• The menu will offer choices to Copy the tab, Close Other Tabs, Arrange Tabs By Title, and Arrange Tabs By Website.
• This press-hold action can also be used to select, copy, and paste text segments in any app.

Access your main screen. Get to your main screen by unlocking your iPad, pressing the home button, or swiping up from the bottom of the display.

Locate an application. Swipe to the screen containing the app you wish to right-click on, once you're on the main screen.

Long-press the application icon. Tap and hold the app icon for a few seconds to unveil the right-click menu.

• The menu will present options like Edit Home Screen, Share App, and Delete App. Additional choices might appear based on the app.

Launch iMessage. Access the iMessage application on your iPad.

Select a chat. Tap on a conversation from the list on the right-hand side.

Long-press a message. Hold down on a message within the chat to bring up the right-click menu.

• The right-click options in iMessage consist of Reply, Copy, and More.... Selecting the More option enables you to choose and remove messages from the chat.