[CLOSED] Right Click on Inactive Files Glitch in OSX

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Issue by georgestephanis
Tuesday Nov 13, 2012 at 03:14 GMT
Originally opened as adobe/brackets#2106

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I'm running the Sprint 16 build under OSX 10.8.2 on a Retina MBP 15".

When I right-click on an inactive file, three things happen:

1. It displays the context menu,
2. It opens the file for editing,
3. It hides the context menu again, as the file just opened.

And all three of these occur before I release the right mouse button.

The brief flicker of a context menu is a bit confusing. UX wise, I'd prefer right clicking not open the file (that's what left clicking is for) but display the context menu instead -- but that's just my 2¢.

Talked to redmunds in IRC, and the issue does not seem to be duplicating on the Windows 7 version. For him, right clicking on an inactive file just opens it -- no context menu is displayed, however briefly.

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Comment by redmunds
Tuesday Nov 13, 2012 at 03:19 GMT

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To clear up a miscommunication on IRC, I am getting a context menu, but not until right mouse button is released.

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Comment by peterflynn
Tuesday Nov 13, 2012 at 07:18 GMT

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This may be a dupe of #1910 -- I think the only difference is the suggestion here that right-clicking shouldn't change the selection.

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Comment by georgestephanis
Tuesday Nov 13, 2012 at 15:19 GMT

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Yup, same issue. Why do we have right-click as opening the file, anyways? It strikes me as counter-intuitive, but I'm happy to be proven wrong.

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Comment by pthiess
Thursday Nov 15, 2012 at 17:36 GMT

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Reviewed, assigned to@peterflynn - low prio.

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Comment by peterflynn
Tuesday Jan 08, 2013 at 21:37 GMT

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Closing since this is a dupe.

Re why it changes selection: it's fairly common to do that to avoid ambiguity about what the context menu commands will apply to. Sublime does the same thing, for example. We could be fancier and instead of changing selection use a second item highlighting style that to indicate the target of the right click (e.g. see Outlook... or Espresso), but that'd be an enhancement.