Mouse and Trackpad Practice

When the exercises feel easy, play a real game.

1. Open a game with the Play a real game button at the end of the exercises.
2. In the toolbar above the cards, choose 1 for Draw 1, the gentler version where one card turns over at a time.
3. Click a card to move it to a place where it fits, or drag it there yourself.
4. Made a mistake? Undo takes back your last move, as often as you need (the last 150 moves are kept).
5. To make the cards bigger, zoom in with Ctrl and + (⌘ and + on a Mac). At 150% zoom they are half as large again.

Press Tab to move between cards and buttons, then Enter or Space to play the card you are on, just like a click. Ctrl+Z undoes a move and Ctrl+Enter starts a new game (on a Mac, use ⌘ instead of Ctrl). The practice exercises below work the same way.

The exercises suit a 20 to 30 minute session for learners who are new to a mouse or trackpad. There is nothing to install and no account to create, so a class can start from one link.

1. Open vsolitaire.com/en/practice/mouse-skills on each computer.
2. Work through Click, Double-click and Drag. Each exercise can be repeated with its Again button.
3. Play one game of Draw 1 Solitaire, using Undo freely.
4. Give out the one-page handout to take home.

The one-page handout shows the three moves and the link to this page. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0): you may print, copy and adapt it, as long as you credit “vSolitaire” and link to this page.