1624574 - Right click places context menu under mouse which is clicked on mouse release (XFCE/Arch Linux)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1552128

(Core :: Widget: Gtk, defect)

Description

[Michel Wyraz]

Attachment: Firefox context menu.png

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:74.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/74.0

Steps to reproduce:

Right click on a page, release the mouse.

Actual results:

Context menu opens on right click (expected). The menu item beneath the mouse pointer is clicked on mouse release (unexpected). The item is "navigate back", so a single right click navigates back.

Expected results:

When releasing the mouse, the context menu should persist. Only a 1nd click should trigger a context menu action.

Comment 1

[Michel Wyraz]

Additional info: Running firefox on linux, xfce desktop. The issue occurs only on firefox context menu.

Comment 2

[Pablo]

Hi Michael
I tried this using Ubuntu 18.04 64bit and Firefox release 74.0 but i was unable to replicate, when i right-click it doesn´t go back.
i see the mouse arrow positioned on the left corner of the left arrow (back burron) box.

Please download Firefox Nightly from here: https://nightly.mozilla.org/ and retest the problem.

If you still have the issue please create a new profile, you have the steps here:https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Managing-profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager

Lastly test if the issue is reproducible in safe mode, here is a link that can help you:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode

Regards

Comment 3

[Michel Wyraz]

Attachment: Popup location

I have tried to reproduce it again today. Seems that the location where the popup occurs has changed so that releasing the mouse button does not trigger an action anymore.

Since I'm running archlinux, there are lots of updates every day, so I cannot say exactly which update has caused the changed behaviour.

Comment 4

[Michel Wyraz]

@Pablo do you see the back button selected when you right-press or is the popup located like in my 2nd image where the arrow is not selected anymore? What happens if you move the mouse slightly right/down before you release the button?

Comment 5

[Michel Wyraz]

It happened again on my system (reproducible for a while), then suddenly the placement was correct again.

Comment 6

[Michel Wyraz]

The issue occurs even on the same browser instance in some windows while placement in other windows of the same browser session are correct.

I played a bit around, placement it seems to be wrong for new, non-maximized windows. As soon as I move the window a bit, it works correctly. I also tried this with other applications that can open new windows (Chromium, XFCE4-Terminal) - the issue only happens on firefox.

Comment 7

[Pablo]

I tried to replicate this using all these 3 operating systems:

Windows10 64bit
MacOs 10.15
Ubuntu 18.04 64bit.

And also tried all latest versions of firefox:

Firefox release 75
Firefox beta 76.0b6
Firefox nightly 77.0a1

After i right click it never went to the previous website. and the mouse pointer stayed as on your second picture con comment#3.
If i keep right click pressed and move the mouse down-right side, i see the back button in focus and if i release the button it does go to the previous website, but in order for that to happen i need to move the mouse after the right click.

It is strange tho that sometimes it works and sometimes it does not on your computer.

i have set the component for this bug.
regards
Pablo

Comment 9

[Michel Wyraz]

@pablio(In reply to Pablo from comment #7)

It is strange tho that sometimes it works and sometimes it does not on your computer.

Please see my last comment regarding this - I could make it reproducible when it happens and when not:

• open firefox, un-maximize the window -> placement is right
• create a new window starting from the un-maximized window (Ctrl+N) -> a new, un-maximized window is created. In this window the placement is wrong. If I move the window, placement is correct again.

Comment 10

[Pulse]

@pablio

The issue with clicked links and the context menu is not apparent in maximised windows (assuming the customise title bar option is unchecked) However, in windowed mode, selecting text or attempting to open a link causes the context menu to 'flash' or immediately opens a new tab. I'm using #contentAreaContextMenu{ margin: 20px 0 0 20px } in my userChrome.css to 'fix' the issue. Courtesy of
SamXubuntu

@Jan Andre Ikenmeyer . This is not limited to xfce/Arch. I'm on kde on openSUSE and I've tested other DE's/Distros

Comment 11

[Pulse]

Comment above also to @Michel Wyraz