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firefox-3.0 package

  1. Bug #187313
  2. Comment #228

Comment 228 for bug 187313

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André Pirard (a.pirard) wrote : Re: [Bug 187313] Re: [MASTER] right click (with button release) might activate random popup-menu-item

On 2009-01-29 21:07, Dennis Heinson wrote :
> A way I found to make sure the next click does NOT trigger the bug when such an
> accumulation appears, is to keep the right mouse button pressed for a second or two ...
 This was mentioned before (on April 1st, sorry :-)) and might be moved
to the description too
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/187313/comments/15
> it would be really cool if the Ubuntu bug squashers could fix this as apparently
> Mozilla hasn't for a LONG time!
 Mozilla's priority is "unknown" and Ubuntu's "medium".

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Those who in this thread considered that it's a bug getting a right
click made on mouse down instead of up may be interested in Bug #238733
and this update :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/238733/comments/12
It seems it would be a very simple and drastic way to solve several
problems.