Blender Mouse Usage

The mouse is used to do many things in Blender.

Select

Press the LEFT button to select objects or click buttons.

More Options

Press the RIGHT button to open a menu with more options.

Using mouse buttons to select (LEFT) and open a context menu (RIGHT)

Zoom

Turn the SCROLL WHEEL to zoom in and out of the scene.

Orbit

Press the MIDDLE button to orbit around the origin.

On most mice this is the same as pressing down on the scroll wheel.

This lets you see things from every side.

Orbiting the scene

Panning

If you hold SHIFT and push down the MIDDLE mouse button you can slide the screen around.

This is called PANNING.

Panning the view

Marquee Select

If you hold CTRL and hold the RIGHT mouse button you can drag a selection marquee.

The next slide shows an example.

Drawing a selection marquee