How Do I Use Furniture?

In SL, you will find furniture of all kinds, from chair, to couches, bed, beach towels and so on. So, how to use them?

Well this can depend. In some case, when you move your mouse over the furniture, the mouse cursor will change to a chair icon. If that happens, then simply left click and you will automatically be "sat" on the furniture.

If the cursor does not change, then try using right click, then select "Sit" from the menu.

Some older furniture requires that you first click the furniture and select a starting animation. It will be rez out one or more pose balls. You then sit on a pose ball. Some dance machines at clubs also work this way.

Many items of furniture will offer menus which allow you to select from a choice of poses for that furniture. Sometimes you will get a menu as soon as you sit; other times, you can click for a menu after you have sat. And as noted, furniture that uses pose balls generally requires you to click before sitting, to select the starting pose.

In some instances, you will be asked for permission to animate your avatar; you will need to select "Yes" for this, or nothing will happen.

As you can see, there is no one way to do it, which may be initially confusing. But the possibilities are just a few, so you will quickly get the hang of it.