Comment 2 for bug 176488

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