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A click action allows you to interact with an object with a single left click. In addition, each click action has a special cursor indicating what it does. This makes using objects easier, especially for new Residents. For example, if you set a box to the Buy object click action, a customer will see a "$" cursor as they hover it. They can then purchase it by clicking once, then clicking again to confirm the purchase.

You can easily see all the available click actions in a few, well, clicks:

Right-click an object and select Edit from the pie menu.
Click the General tab, if it isn't already selected.
Look under When Left-Clicked.

Click action types

Touch/grab (default)

No special click action is used.
If the object is scripted, it responds to what it's programmed to do when touched (clicked on).
"Grab" means if you hold down Ctrl (PC) or Cmd (Mac), the cursor changes to a hand, and you can move objects you have permission to.

Sit on object

The cursor changes to a chair when you hover over the object.
When clicked, your avatar sits on it (or tries to).
The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting Sit Here.
This also makes it easier to sit on an object instead of right-clicking and choosing Sit Here repeatedly, which tends to result in "No room to sit here..." error messages on narrow and odd-shaped objects.

Buy object

This requires the object to be set for sale.
The cursor changes to a "$" when you hover over the object.
When clicked, a Buy window appears, then you can purchase
The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting Buy.

Pay object

This requires a script in the contents to work, and is a common alternative to Buy object when choose-your-own-price flexibility, stats tracking, and other options are needed.
The cursor changes to a stack of coins when you hover over the object. When clicked, a pay window appears
The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting Pay....

Open

You must own the object and it must have contents to open it.
This is very useful if you sell content which is intended to be packaged and "unwrapped" from boxes.
The cursor changes to an open box when you hover the object. When clicked, an Object Contents window appears.
The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting Open.

Play parcel media

The same result as clicking the Play button on your toolbar, only more immersive since it's inworld.
The same result as

Open parcel media

Video tutorials

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 A '''click action allows you to interact with an object with a single left click'''. In addition, each click action has a special cursor indicating what it does. This makes using objects easier, especially for new Residents. For example, if you set a box to the '''Buy object''' click action, a customer will see a "$" cursor as they hover it. They can then purchase it by clicking once, then clicking again to confirm the purchase.
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 *  No special click action is used.
 * If the object is scripted, it responds to what it's programmed to do when touched (clicked on).
-* "Grab" means if you hold down Ctrl (PC) or Cmd (Mac), the cursor changes to a hand, and you can drag objects you have permission to.
+* "Grab" means if you hold down Ctrl (PC) or Cmd (Mac), the cursor changes to a hand, and you can move objects you have permission to.
 === Sit on object ===
 * The cursor changes to a chair when you hover over the object.
-* If clicked, your avatar sits on it (or tries to).
+* When clicked, your avatar sits on it (or tries to).
 * The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting '''Sit Here'''.
+* This also makes it easier to sit on an object instead of right-clicking and choosing '''Sit Here''' repeatedly, which tends to result in "No room to sit here..." error messages on narrow and odd-shaped objects.
 === Buy object ===
+* This requires the object to be set for sale.
 * The cursor changes to a "$" when you hover over the object.
-* If clicked, a Buy dialog appears, then you can purchase
+* When clicked, a Buy window appears, then you can purchase
 * The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting '''Buy'''.
-* This requires the object to be set for sale.
 === Pay object ===
-* The cursor changes to a stack of coins when you hover over the object. If clicked, a pay dialog is shown.
+* This requires a script in the contents to work, and is a common alternative to '''Buy object'''  when choose-your-own-price flexibility, stats tracking, and other options are needed.
+* The cursor changes to a stack of coins when you hover over the object. When clicked, a pay window appears
 * The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting '''Pay...'''.
-* This requires a script in the contents to work, and is a common alternative to '''Buy object'''  when choose-your-own-price flexibility, stats tracking, and other options are needed.
 === Open ===
-* This is very useful if you ''do'''
 * You must own the object and it must have contents to open it.
+* This is very useful if you sell content which is intended to be packaged and "unwrapped" from boxes.
+* The cursor changes to an open box when you hover the object. When clicked, an Object Contents window appears.
+* The same result as right-clicking the object and selecting '''Open'''.
+=== Play parcel media ===
-=== Play parcel media ===
+* The same result as clicking the Play button on your toolbar, only more immersive since it's inworld.
+* The same result as
 === Open parcel media ===