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Right button

Right Click Test

Almost every click test measures the left button and ignores the other one. This pad counts the right button, on the same millisecond clock, over the same intervals.

Right clicks per minute
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Right clicks
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Time
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Right clicks per second
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Right clicks across the interval

The bars fill as you click. A flat profile means you held your rate.

How to

How to run the right click test

  1. Pick an interval. The pad opens on 10 seconds, the standard length; 5, 30 and 60 seconds are on the rail.
  2. Right-click the pad. The clock starts on your first press, so reaction time is excluded from the rate.
  3. Keep right-clicking until the interval closes. The context menu is suppressed inside the pad, so nothing interrupts the run.
  4. Read the rate. Right clicks per minute leads, with the count, the elapsed time and the per-second figure beside it.

The measurement

What a right click rate tells you

Why the right button reads slower

Nearly everyone scores lower with the right button, and the reason is anatomy rather than hardware. The index finger rests on the left switch and does the work of pointing; the middle finger sits on the right switch and has less independent control, so its presses are less even and its recovery is slower.

A gap of 15 to 30 per cent between your left and right rate is normal. A much larger gap usually means the right switch is stiffer, which is common on mice where the left button has taken years of wear.

What it is actually used for

In Minecraft the right button places blocks, blocks with a shield and uses items, so right click rate matters in survival building and in PvP. In real-time strategy games it issues move and attack orders, which is why an APM figure counts right clicks as well as left.

The context menu is the reason this measurement is rare. A browser opens it on every right press, which interrupts any run — this pad cancels it inside the pad only, so the menu still works everywhere else on the page.

The bench

Every tool on the bench

One instrument per input, all on the same clock. A rate is only comparable against the same tool and the same interval.

Background

Read the method

Longer entries on what this tool measures and where the number comes from.

The attack cooldown that ended CPS

Minecraft 1.9 capped useful hits near 200 CPM. The click rate that wins a 1.8 fight is worse than useless in 1.9 — here is the arithmetic.

Read the entry

Questions

Asked of the chronometer

What is a good right click speed?

Four to six right clicks per second — 240 to 360 CPM over ten seconds — is a solid result. Expect to land 15 to 30 per cent below whatever you score with the left button; that gap is normal and mostly anatomy.

Can I test with my index finger instead?

Yes, and most people are faster that way. It is worth saying which finger you used when you quote the number, because the middle-finger figure is the one that matches how the button is actually used in a game.

Does it work on a Mac trackpad?

Yes. A trackpad's secondary click arrives as button 2 like any mouse, and ctrl-click is accepted too, since that is how macOS sends a right click from a one-button gesture.