Closed Bug 407137 Opened 17 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Wrong buttons reported on mousemove event

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
2.0 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: graymagi, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-07-30]) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11

whatever mouse button is pressed event.button in mousemove handler contains 0

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Code showing the problem
<html>
<head>
<script>
  function createmmclsr(logdiv){
    return function (e) {
      var t = document.createTextNode(e.button+" ");
      logdiv.appendChild(t);
    }
  }

  function init(elmid, logid){
    var elm = document.getElementById(elmid);
    var logdiv = document.getElementById(logid);
    var mm = createmmclsr(logdiv);
    elm.addEventListener("mousemove", mm, false);
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="height:200px; width:200px; border:solid 1px black" id="image"></div>
<div id="log1"></div>
<script>
  init("image", "log1");
</script>
</body>
</html>


Expected Results:  
left mouse button pressed: 0
middle mouse button pressed: 1
rigth mouse button pressed: 2
The DOM spec says that the 'button' property doesn't apply to mousemove events.
This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.6 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-07-30]
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.8 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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