Two context menus on toolbar right click.

Bug #109440 reported by Nat Tuck
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

(Ubuntu 7.04 amd64)

When I right click in the menu bar, tool bar, or bookmarks bar I get two context menus (one looks to trigger on mouse down, the other on mouse up). One of them is the context menu I want for whatever toolbar item I clicked on, the other menu - which shows up over the first - looks like the context menu for a web page. Clicking elsewhere closes the extraneous context menu, but the only way to close the primary context menu is to select an item or to give it keyboard focus and press escape.

This is annoying. I'd much rather only get the context menu for what I clicked on and have it behave like a normal context menu.

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In , Nadav Kavalerchik (nadavkav-netvision) wrote :

even, when right-clicking to copy a selected url... two context menu open. one ontop of the other.

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Nat Tuck (nat-ferrus) wrote :

Binary package hint: firefox

(Ubuntu 7.04 amd64)

When I right click in the menu bar, tool bar, or bookmarks bar I get two context menus (one looks to trigger on mouse down, the other on mouse up). One of them is the context menu I want for whatever toolbar item I clicked on, the other menu - which shows up over the first - looks like the context menu for a web page. Clicking elsewhere closes the extraneous context menu, but the only way to close the primary context menu is to select an item or to give it keyboard focus and press escape.

This is annoying. I'd much rather only get the context menu for what I clicked on and have it behave like a normal context menu.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 109440] Two context menus on toolbar right click.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 09:45:14PM -0000, Nat Tuck wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> (Ubuntu 7.04 amd64)
>
> When I right click in the menu bar, tool bar, or bookmarks bar I get two
> context menus (one looks to trigger on mouse down, the other on mouse
> up). One of them is the context menu I want for whatever toolbar item I
> clicked on, the other menu - which shows up over the first - looks like
> the context menu for a web page. Clicking elsewhere closes the
> extraneous context menu, but the only way to close the primary context
> menu is to select an item or to give it keyboard focus and press escape.
>

Can you please attach a screenshot?

Thanks,

 - Alexander

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Nat Tuck (nat-ferrus) wrote :

You can't really see what's going on in a single screenshot, but hopefully this attachment makes the situation clear. For a right click in the tab bar, the bookmarks bar, the tool bar, or the menu bar the context menu starting with "Back" always appears above the context menu I would contextually expect (i.e. the context menu for the tab, the bookmark menu, the toolbar menu, the textbox menu with Undo/Copy/etc for the address bar).

Interestingly, if I hold the right mouse button down and move the mouse the incorrect menu does not appear.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

We need a Mozillateam tester who reproduce.

Changed in firefox:
assignee: nobody → mozilla-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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In , Peter Ansell (p-ansell) wrote :

My idea is that a menu is being opened on mouse down and another one on mouse up.

The following Ubuntu bug has the same idea.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/109440

I can actually get three context menus to display at the same time on my computer by right clicking in the address bar, or the toolbar, followed by another right click in the tab bar, and the second time three menus are showing, one for Undo, Paste etc. The second for Back, Forward View Page Source, etc. and the third as a bug I think from the Tab Mix Plus Extension with its New Tab, Closed Tab List etc options.

Interestingly, I can avoid having the second menu display in any of these situations by right clicking, and then dragging the mouse before I release it, in which case only the first menu shows. The first menu being the Undo, Paste etc for the address bar, Navigation Toolbar, Customise Toolbar etc for the toolbar, and the Tab Mix Plus menu for the tab bar.

This issue wouldn't overly be a pain, but if I click in the second menu, I have to also click on the first menu or hit ESC to get it to disappear. And to get to the first menu I have to click somewhere on the screen to make the second one disappear.

I am using Gentoo Linux with the following version BTW.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070402 Firefox/2.0.0.3

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In , nadavkav (nadavkav) wrote :

you are right! (peter) you comment describes this bug exactly

Changed in firefox:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
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Robb Topolski (funchords) wrote :

I'm having this issue as well. I'm using Swiftfox as installed by Automatix. Kubuntu i386 Desktop 7.04. I also had it with both Firefox and Swiftfox on Edgy.

The behavior is exactly as the reporter described -- on down click you get the desired menu, on the release you get the unwanted context menu as if you clicked on a blank area of a web page. One of the choices is "Properties," if you choose it, nothing happens. But some of the other menu items work, like Select All and Bookmark.

Sometimes, closing the browser instance completely (no other windows open), and then restarting it, will avoid the problem for a while. But it returns in an hour or two.

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Robb Topolski (funchords) wrote :

This might be related to Bug #75420

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In , ashughes (anthony-s-hughes) wrote :

This bug is not experienced on 2004 and the latest nightly trunk. If you are still experiencing this issue, please update to 2004. If the update does not fix your problem, it could be an issue with an extension or theme. Please try running firefox in safemode or with a new profile to eliminate this possibility.

If you are still having problems, please re-open this bug. This bug is being resolved as WORKSFORME.

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In , nadavkav (nadavkav) wrote :

yee... close it ! i confirm it's no more on 2004

thanks :-)

Changed in firefox:
status: New → Invalid
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Nat Tuck (nat-ferrus) wrote :

> This might be related to Bug #75420

Yea, I'm pretty sure I was running ImageZoom at the time.

Looks like this is a plug-in issue, and probably a resolved one at that.

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Nat Tuck (nat-ferrus) wrote :

Looks like a bug with an old version of the ImageZoom plugin.

Changed in firefox:
assignee: mozilla-bugs → nobody
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in firefox:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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