Closed
Bug 69410
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 23 years ago
"Focus Follows Mouse" option makes Mozilla nearly unusable
Categories
(Core :: XUL, defect)
Core
XUL
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(Reporter: gordo, Assigned: mikepinkerton)
Details
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; 0.8) Gecko/20010215 BuildID: 2001021508 Platforms Tested: Linux and Windows Trying access menus and right-click options with "Focus Follows Mouse" option set makes grabbing the menus almost impossible. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: On Linux, use Gnome,KDE,etc. option, equivalent to "Focus Follows Mouse," while on Windows, try using TweakUI, which has the "X-mouse" option. 1. Start Mozilla 2. Go to any webpage and try to use the right click option or simply try to click on the various browser menus, like File, Edit, etc. 3. The menu will open but moving the cursor successfully over to the menu requires that the button remain pressed at all times. While this is semi-feasible/mostly annoying, it works with the built-in Mozilla menus. It becomes a tortuous game for using the right-click option on a webpage proper. In order to grab that "Right-Click" menu, it is necessary it right-click and then very rapidly slide the mouse down and to the right, otherwise the menu would disappear somewhere between that one pixel seperating the mouse cursor and the actual menu. Actual Results: One of two things would have happend: if I was actually able to grab that right-click menu, I earned a cookie. If I missed (10x in a row, for example), I would need to buy a new mouse from beating the thing to death. Expected Results: IMHO, Mozilla should make all menus sticky, (Like MSIE), so that us "Focus Follows Mouse" people don't unnecessarily destroy their peripherals. Obviously, the workaround is to turn off "Focus Follows Mouse," but please, this is a real usability issue.
Comment 1•23 years ago
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a part of this is a dupe of bug 50798 (context menus are unuseable when using x-mouse)
odd, i use xmouse [w2k] and don't have these problems.
Assignee: asa → ben
URL: N/A
Component: Browser-General → XP Apps: GUI Features
QA Contact: doronr → sairuh
no problems for me (linux/2001021821, enlightenment/focus-follows-pointer). earlier builds worked well, too.
Comment 4•23 years ago
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should this go to xp toolkit, or event handling...?
Assignee: ben → trudelle
Component: XP Apps: GUI Features → XP Toolkit/Widgets
QA Contact: sairuh → jrgm
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Comment 5•23 years ago
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win2k service pack one logitech 900b99 mouse driver / mouseman/+ tweakui for win2k w/ x-mouse activated mozilla .8 redhat 7.0 (non-respin) gnome-libs 1.2.4-11 sawfish 0.30.3-10 gpm 1.19.3 last tested mozilla .6 i hope this is helpful. please let me know if i may be of any further assistance.
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Comment 7•23 years ago
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this is a dupe of another bug that someone else has.
Comment 8•23 years ago
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On windows, this is bug 50798, as Matti noted earlier. On linux, I can't reproduce this bug (rh6.1, gnome, enlightenment).
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Comment 9•23 years ago
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i finally tested mozilla .8 on linux and it works, well. please close defect for linux.
Comment 10•23 years ago
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Okay, so if this bug is only for windows now, then it is a dup of bug 50798. Possible fix soon. Thanks. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50798 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 11•23 years ago
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verified, per gordo's comment on linux, and bug 50798 is well-known on win32.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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