Comment #9 on issue 4897 by j...@chromium.org: Chrome Middle-click Defeated on My.Yahoo! http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=4897
I sympathize with the desire to reserve the middle mouse button for the browser. The relevant portion of the DOM spec is at http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/events.html#Events-MouseEvent-button The spec is clear that the middle button is to be reported as a DOM event, and being a DOM event it can be subverted by the page to do other things. For example, you may want to use it to fire a missile instead of the machine-gun in a shoot-em-up. As you noticed, different browsers act differently. There is a nice page that summarizes the differences at http://unixpapa.com/js/mouse.html and in this case it looks like Chromium is in the majority. This is something that could potentially be customized with an extension, so don't give up hope. :) Given how the DOM spec is written and the behavior in other browsers I think invalid is the right status for this issue. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
