Hyperlink context click menu doesn't show
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
1. Release: Ubuntu 10.10
2. package version: Firefox 11
3. Expected: Context click on hyperlink, context menu appears at pointer, action click on desired entry.
4. Occurred: Context click on hyperlink, context menu doesn't show, or does for the briefest of instants & always one of the list of possible actions automatically occurs (generally, open link in new foreground tab). However, if you maintain the click the menu stays & by moving pointer over required option then releasing button correct action occurs.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: firefox 11.0+build1-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
BuildID: 20120310193349
Date: Fri Mar 16 16:57:43 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1)
ProcEnviron:
LC_TIME=
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox
| Andy Poole (apoole7) wrote | #1 |
| Andy Poole (apoole7) wrote | #2 |
After reading the comments on bug #872207 I do not believe that this is a duplicate.
The context menu displays & functions correctly in all cases bar web page hyperlinks.
The context menu elsewhere is seemingly triggered on Right button keyup event then desired action can be selected by Left button keyup event.
However, with hyperlinks, the context menu is triggered on Right button keydown event & action fired on Right button keyup event. This gives the impression of the menu not appearing and the default (first in menu) option automatically triggering.
Therefore, you can achieve what you desire by not releasing the Right button and moving mouse over required list item & then releasing Right button on selected item. This though is not consistent with the rest of the application or what was the norm prior to firefox 11