However, others are so right-hand-dominant that they can’t even hold a coffee mug with their left hand – they may have a harder time. We estimate that more than half of the employees we do office ergo assessments for adopt left-mousing successfully, sometimes within minutes. You may also wish to slow down the speed of the mouse, so that it doesn’t jump across the screen faster than your left hand can chase it!
Your brain will learn to left-mouse much quicker this way, and you’ll avoid the tendency to twist your hand to use your left index finger for both buttons. (This is done through the Windows ‘Start’ panel under Settings → Control Panel → Mouse → Buttons.) This change ensures that you are still using your index finger to perform regular “click” functions. Modify your mouse buttons for left-handed use. Switching to a left mouse can be awkward you should commit to a one week trial, preferably at a time that does not include deadlines or high pressure tasks. Ensure that your mouse is a ‘neutral’ design (not meant for the right hand) to allow use with either hand. If you keep your notepad or phone between the keyboard and the mouse, the reach to a right mouse is even worse! Mousing with your left hand frees up the space to the right hand side of the keyboard for writing or mobile devices.īefore ‘jumping in with both hands’, consider these tips to help you make the transition to left-handed mousing. Left hand mousing has also been found to improve wrist postures (Delisle, 2004). Because you sit centered in front of the letters, keeping the mouse on the left allows a much more relaxed shoulder posture, as shown in the photo above.
The extra reach is due to the number pad on the right hand side of the keyboard. Mousing on the right side of the keyboard actually requires you to reach further to the mouse than if it were located on the left hand side. The left mouse is closer to the center of your keyboard.People who are right-handed tend to do almost everything with the right hand mousing with the left hand provides an opportunity to more evenly distribute some of that workload between both hands. Here are three strong arguments for left-hand mousing, particularly if you are a right-handed person. This is the traditional “default”, because we thought that we needed dexterity to operate a mouse. When you walk through an office, you will find most mice located on the right hand side of the keyboards. Are you still mousing with your right hand? If so, you must read further.
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