Closed Bug 59472 Opened 24 years ago Closed 24 years ago

right mouse button popup menu does not track menu items if the RMB is held down

Categories

(Core :: DOM: UI Events & Focus Handling, defect, P3)

x86
Linux
defect

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 16766

People

(Reporter: jlbec, Assigned: joki)

Details

From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.18pre10-RAID-TSC i686) BuildID: 2000110321 if you click the right mouse button (RMB) for a popup context menu, you can do neat things. If you click the RMB, then release, as you drag the mouse down the menu the different items highlight. When you click on an item, it is then activated. However, if you press the RMB *without* releasing, the menu still pops up, but no menu item is ever highlighted. Instead, you *must* release the button, then click again. This is contrary to normal Motif/GTK+/Win32/Mac behavior, where a held button allows you to drag the menu item you wish to select. The proper behavior is evidenced in all other mozilla menus. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start Mozilla 2. Press and hold the RMB in the layout pane. Actual Results: The popup menu failed to highlight any menu items, nor did it take action on the one the mouse pointer was covering when I released the button. I had to release and click again to make any item take action. Expected Results: It should have highlighted the menu items as I dragged the mouse over them, and should have activated the menu item I was over when I released the button.
known issue -- bug 16766. thanks. (Side note: win32 behaviour is not to do this (instead the context menu comes up on mouseup, not mousedown). Nav4 did do this on win32, but Mozilla will definitely not (old debate :-] *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 16766 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
VERIFIED.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
I'd agree that the Mozilla behavior on Win32 should mimic normal Win32, but I'm on Unix (Linux, specifically) and I'd prefer the easy behavior. I've looked at the referenced bug. Does that mean that it will not be fixed any time in the near future? I hope not, as it is seriously annoying. Every time I RMB-click, I get mad. Thanks for the quick response.
Hmm, that is quite a messy bug (with all kinds of digressions and unrelated debates). The 'Future' milestone for that bug meant 'not this release' at the time it was set. It should be retargeted soon.
Component: Event Handling → User events and focus handling
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