Behavior of the mouse in general, and the naming of the buttons is covered in the chapter on the overall user interface (see Chapter 7).
Over a top level drop down menu this will expose the menu. If the button is held down and moved, the behavior of button 1 motion (see below) will follow.
Over an exposed menu entry this will invoke the action of the menu.
Within menu dialog boxes this will generally select a text item, and invoke a button action.
Moving over a top level menu, or a sub-menu will cause that menu to be exposed.
If the button is released (thereby completing a click) over a menu entry that entry will be invoked.
In general button 2 double click behaves as button 1 click with the menu bar.