Slow right mouse click does not show context menu

Bug #1987157 reported by 2green
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Slower Right mouse clicks don't show the context menu on desktops and several tested apps.
(Technically the context menu is shown and disappears again when letting go of the right mouse button).

Steps to reproduce:
* boot fresh (fresh installed) ubuntu 22.04
* login
* do a slow right mouse click on destkop wallpaper e.g. hold right mouse key for 2 seconds (the actually needed amount of time can be much shorter, 2 seconds is just for reproduction purposes)

Results:
Menu appears on right mouse press
Menu disappears when letting go of the right mouse button (even if the button is clicked relatively faster than holding it down for 2 seconds)

Expected result:
Menu appears when clicking right mouse buttun
Menu stays visible when letting go of right mouse button.
Menu only disappears when clicking somewhere else of holding down the right mouse button extremely long.

Problem:
currently the context menu is a hit or no hit to get shown, giving the user the annoyance to have to click serveral times to show the context menu. This gets tedious real fast. It got this complaints from regular users, but actually noticed this myself on regularly as well, while I'm a fairly fast mouse user. In fact I find it hindering my daily workflow as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell 42.2-0ubuntu0.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-46.49-generic 5.15.39
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-46-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Aug 20 13:02:30 2022
DisplayManager: gdm3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-08-18 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 42.2-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: gnome-shell
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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2green (zendhetmij) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Technically, when using a mouse nothing should happen until the button is released. Like with GUI buttons.

tags: added: kinetic
affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu)
Changed in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
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2green (zendhetmij) wrote :

This bug should be of higher importance than 'low'.

The right mouse click is important in most peoples workflow. About 30% to 50% of my rightmouse clicks result in not showing a context menu. I'm guessing this will be the same for other users as well.

For me personally its a reason to switch back to my other installed desktop, because this ruins my workflow. But not everyone is using a multiboot or dualboot system.

summary: - Slow right mouse click does not show context menu
+ Right mouse click does not show context menu
summary: - Right mouse click does not show context menu
+ Holding right mouse click does not show context menu
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2green (zendhetmij) wrote (last edit ): Re: Holding right mouse click does not show context menu

"Holding the right mouse button" isn't a correct title, it also happens when you press it unhurried. It can also be interpreted as a user fault, because nothing should happen when holding the right mouse button.

Ill revert back to the original title: Slow right mouse click does not show context menu

summary: - Holding right mouse click does not show context menu
+ Slow right mouse click does not show context menu
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Karel Brits (karel-brits) wrote :

I don't get any reaction when I use my right mouse click, it just reacts like a normal left mouse button. Whether or not I press it long or short doesn't make any difference. This is really annoying since in programs like Blender, they have different functions.

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

If you experience problems like that in apps then you should open a separate bug.

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Karl Schindler (k-schindler) wrote :

when will there be a fix? it is really annoying.

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Vladimir Argaard (kommado) wrote :

I found a work around for this issue
I disabled the animations from the accessibility settings, now right click works normally.

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