middle click in konqueror is not working, Konqueror 4:4.2.0-0ubuntu3

[fast_rizwaan]

Binary package hint: konqueror

Application affected:
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Konqueror 4:4.2.0-0ubuntu3

Release info:
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Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

Bug:
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MMB (Middle mouse button) click is not working in Konqueror4 Jaunty.

0. Middle Click on any HyperLink, does not open the link in new tab, (but have to use right-click->open in new tab instead.)
1. Copy, pasting with mouse (double-click to select and middle click to paste) also not working.

But in Arora, firefox, Middle clicks are working as expected. thanks.

Expected Behavior:
Middle-clicking on any hyperlink within konqueror web browser should open the link in new tab/or window, (which was working with previous version, or in intrepid)

copy/paste with mouse should happen, just like all X applications.

thanks.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

If you disable mouse gestures for Konqueror in the Input Actions section of System Settings this will work again.
That should be disabled by default, though.

[Asraniel (asraniel)]

I can confirm the bug and the solution. I agree that the default needs to be changed. The behavior changes without letting the user know, and there is no visible solution (except that bugreport, but i don't expect every user to come here to find out how to get the old default behavior back).

[Wolfgang Jeltsch (4cqncnl7)]

And how do I disable mouse gestures?

[Christian González (droetker)]

systems settings -> input actions -> konqueror gestures
But this SHOULD be deactivated by default in Jaunty - the middle mouse button is much more important IMO.

[Toni Helenius (toni-helenius)]

Agreed, normal users do know how to use the middle button to open the link to a new tab more often than the use of gestures!! Should be deactivated!

[Piral (piral)]

Version: (using KDE 4.2.2)
OS: Linux
Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages

After upgrading to kde 4.2.2 and xorg in Debian middle click is no more working. Although it's working as expected in dolphin and other apps.

[Antanas Uršulis (antanas-ursulis-deactivatedaccount)]

Same behavior here on Gentoo with KDE 4.2.2 (built from official Portage tree), Xorg 1.6.0 (from x11 overlay)

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

Thanks for the bug report. Could you please describe in what situation you tried to middle click (web browsing, file management,...), where you clicked and what behaviour you expected? Middle clicking works fine for everything I tried in Konqueror 4.2.2 (Kubuntu) and trunk.

[Antanas Uršulis (antanas-ursulis-deactivatedaccount)]

Actually, middle click doesn't do anything it should here. Precisely, middle clicking links to open in a new tab, same for folders in file browsing mode; middle clicking inside text boxes to paste. There is absolutely no reaction to the click.

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

Thanks for the update. I can't reproduce this here (Konqueror 4.2.2 and trunk r954557 running on Kubuntu 8.10 with X.org 1.5.2, don't have a newer X.org to test).

[Tommi Tervo (tommi-tervo)]

*** Bug 190145 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[U-simone (u-simone)]

As reported in bug 190145, it can easly be reproduced with arch linux, just upgrading the system. I use Konqueror Version 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2), xorg 1.6.1

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

*** Bug 190559 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Panagiotis Papadopoulos (pano-90)]

As stated in my bugreport (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190559), the middle mouse button does work, if you keep the settings dialog opened.
Also, in a fluxbox session it works too...

[Kde-2011-08 (kde-2011-08)]

*** Bug 190552 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Kde-2011-08 (kde-2011-08)]

I can confirm that middle-clicking on folders and weblinks in Konqueror has no effect. I am using Kubuntu 9.04 (KDE 4.2.2) from a fresh install.

$ X -version

X.Org X Server 1.6.0
Release Date: 2009-2-25
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-23-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux laptop 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 09 April 2009 02:10:02AM
xorg-server 2:1.6.0-0ubuntu14 (<email address hidden>)
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
$ konqueror --version
Qt: 4.5.0
KDE: 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2)
Konqueror: 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2)
$

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

I'm also running Kubuntu 9.04 now like Dotan (not a fresh install though, I upgraded from 8.10), all versions are like in comment 10, but for me the issue is still not reproducible: middle-clicking works fine here.

I'm running the 32 bit-version, maybe that's what makes the difference?

[Tommi Tervo (tommi-tervo)]

I've 32b version of kubuntu 9.04 on my AAone and middle click doesn't work in konqueror. If I open konqueror remotely from AAONE to my desktop (rhel5), then mmb works fine. Fredrikh wanted to know if that click will enter to qt event loop at all, but I don't remember that file/function name where to put break point.

[Tommi Tervo (tommi-tervo)]

Hmm, I found (accidentally) this post, could someone check that gestures are not enabled? I cannot test this until at monday.
http://forum.kde.org/middle-mouse-button-not-working-in-konqueror-t-30042.html

[Kde-2011-08 (kde-2011-08)]

Tommi is right, Konqueror Gestures were enabled in System Settings -> Input Actions. Disabling Konqueror Gestures enabled middle click for folders and links. I did not configure this setting manually. Either it is set be default or something is setting it.

[Panagiotis Papadopoulos (pano-90)]

I can confirm this:
If I disable this setting it works again

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

I can reproduce this now on Kubuntu 9.04 by adding a new user. Also the workaround (disabling "Konqueror Gestures" in Systemsettings/Input Actions) works. The khotkeysrc of my "old" user contains a "Disabled=true" entry in the "[Gestures]" section, maybe that's why I couldn't reproduce it before. Mouse gestures do not seem to work though, even if they are enabled.

I'll CC a khotkeys developer because khotkeys is responsible for gestures as far as I know. I do not know if enabling Konqueror gestures is actually meant to disable the usual middle-click things in Konqueror or if this is due to some bug in KDE or in the new X.org. If it's really meant to be like that, it might be a good idea to disable the gestures by default.

[U-simone (u-simone)]

I can confirm that the workaround (disable mouse gestures in kde settings) works on Arch Linux (32bit, by the way).
Also I report that the setting was not enabled my me; it can be a default value (or it was enabled in an upgrade).

[Piral (piral)]

I confirm the former reports. Disabling the gestures did the trick. I used the same way to get the middle-click back in ubuntu 9.04.

[Alan Jenkins (aj504)]

I noticed this in the LiveCD. However, I've now installed from the alternate install CD *and updated*, and it seems to have been fixed.

My version of kdebase is 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu4.

[Steep86 (steep86)]

*** Bug 191980 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Oops, meant to open an upstream bug watch, not a kdebase task

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

*** Bug 192456 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Panagiotis Papadopoulos (pano-90)]

under 4.3 middle clicking works, even with activated gestures

[Bruno Cornec (bruno-cornec)]

After an update to KDE 4.2.4 on Mandriva 2009.1, same issue has been seen. However, if the tip does solve the problem for "ordinary" KDE applications (tellico, k3b, ...) it's *not* the case for konsole :-( I'm still unable to copy selected text from konsole to another window, as well as I'm not able to paste into a konsole using the middle button.

Any other idea of what I should desactivate to have it wor again ?

[Kde-2011-08 (kde-2011-08)]

On KDE 4.3 RC2 I have noticed that even with Gestures enabled, middle clicking works. It looks like the issue is resolved.

[Kde-michael-jansen (kde-michael-jansen)]

Fixed in 4.3.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Fixed in KDE 4.3

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

*** Bug 212266 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Frank78ac (frank78ac)]

@Michael: According to bug 212266, middle-click tab moving still does not work in 4.3.1 (Debian) if gestures are enabled (I can't confirm that with 4.3.1 on Opensuse though).