Right-click Registers as Left-Click and directly opens the link with context menu also superimposed
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(Firefox :: Menus, defect)
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(Reporter: bugzilla, Unassigned)
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On some websites, issuing a right-click
- opens the link immediately rather than waiting for the context menu selection
- the context menu sometimes also superimposes on the display but the link already opened rendering the context menu moot
Occurs on POP OS 21.10 (all updates) and Firefox 98+ (98.0.2) (64 BIT). Has started in 91.0. Recent 98.0 to 98.0.2 does not fix the issue.
Only occurs on some websites. Originally, I thought this was tied to media components but it occurs on some sites with just simple links to news stories.
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Comment 1•3 years ago
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Can you provide a link to an example website where this happens?
Does the same problem happen on a clean profile (https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles ) ?
I need to look at diverse news sites regularly. One site that consistently exhibits the issue is https://www.foxnews.com/ I know I have seen it on others and will monitor as I do my checks and report other sites.
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Comment 4•3 years ago
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I wasn't able to reproduce this issue on the latest Nightly 100.0a1 and Firefox 98 on Windows 10 x64.
Nemo, did you have the opportunity the chance to test this on a clean profile as suggested in Comment 1?
I tested today 2022-03-30. Selecting a new profile may have corrected the issue even when switching back to the original profile.
I opened a terminal and used:
firefox -P
and selected Create a new profile (I also noted the current profile).
I created the new profile.
I closed Firefox Profiles.
I opened Firefox.
Firefox showed a fresh (no customization) new profile screen. (As it should with a new profile.)
I tested the site https://www.foxnews.com where problems were confirmed before.
The right-click registering as left-click did NOT occur when using the new profile.
I closed Firefox with the new profile.
I reopened terminal and used firefox -P again.
I selected the prior (original) profile.
I opened Firefox.
I tested https://www.foxnews.com.
The right-click registering as left-click did NOT occur with the ORIGINAL profile.
Odd but I will follow-up if the issue occurs in the future.
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Comment 6•3 years ago
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(In reply to Nemo from comment #5)
I tested today 2022-03-30. Selecting a new profile may have corrected the issue even when switching back to the original profile.
I opened a terminal and used:
firefox -P
and selected Create a new profile (I also noted the current profile).
I created the new profile.
I closed Firefox Profiles.
I opened Firefox.
Firefox showed a fresh (no customization) new profile screen. (As it should with a new profile.)
I tested the site https://www.foxnews.com where problems were confirmed before.
The right-click registering as left-click did NOT occur when using the new profile.I closed Firefox with the new profile.
I reopened terminal and used firefox -P again.
I selected the prior (original) profile.
I opened Firefox.
I tested https://www.foxnews.com.
The right-click registering as left-click did NOT occur with the ORIGINAL profile.Odd but I will follow-up if the issue occurs in the future.
Hm, yeah, that is definitely surprising. I will close as incomplete for now, as we didn't figure out a root cause - we will definitely reopen if you see it again and investigate further then. Thanks for all your effort!
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