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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #187313
  2. Comment #121

Comment 121 for bug 187313

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gerben (gerben-rotman) wrote : Re: [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate popup-menu-item

Summary of useful posts above:
This problem arises from the way mouse button presses are handled: pressing down the right mouse button calls up the right-button-menu and then letting go of the right mouse button is interpreted as selecting whatever is underneath the mouse pointer. So if the right-button-menu is drawn under the mouse pointer, you will accidentally choose one of its options if you release the right mouse button immediately after you pressed it down.

A simple way to get rid of this "functionality" in Firefox is to install the Mouse gestures add-on, even if you don't use the gestures, this add-on will make the right-mouse-button-menu only appear after you release the right mouse button.

Mouse gestures add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/39