switch page direction

[Jeffrey Flaker]

Binary package hint: firefox

When right clicking, the page will switch direction. Right click, towards the bottom of the screen will automatically select Switch Page Direction, but not all the time.

This is more of an interface issue than a bug, but since I get unexpected action, I will classify this as a bug.

Suggested solution.....add a non-reactionary blank area so the option is not taken if not paying attention to the dialogue but also keeps the right-click dialogue open until I explicitly click off to another area of the screen or explicitly select an option.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Dec 15 00:12:07 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox 2.0.0.11+2nobinonly-0ubuntu0.7.10
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: firefox
Uname: Linux jeff-pc 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 05:20:32AM -0000, Jeffrey Flaker wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> When right clicking, the page will switch direction. Right click,
> towards the bottom of the screen will automatically select Switch Page
> Direction, but not all the time.
>
> This is more of an interface issue than a bug, but since I get
> unexpected action, I will classify this as a bug.
>
> Suggested solution.....add a non-reactionary blank area so the option is
> not taken if not paying attention to the dialogue but also keeps the
> right-click dialogue open until I explicitly click off to another area
> of the screen or explicitly select an option.

this is a known bug and has been fixed in firefox-3.0

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status fixreleased

unfortunately a fix for firefox 2 is unlikely as its not an important
bug.

 affects ubuntu/firefox
 status wontfix
 importance low

Thanks,

 - Alexander