You have been subscribed to a public bug: The normal operation of the the Gnome desktop is slightly different than that of a windows desktop with regard to the context (right click) menu. More specifically, the Windows menu appears upon release of the right mouse button, while the Gnome menu appears immediately with the release selecting a menu item. For many users this subtlety is never noticed as most users simply click and release without moving the mouse.
However, for a few of us find it a little frustrating. From using Windows for many years, some of us have developed muscle memory that results in automatically moving the mouse pointer down in anticipation of the context menu click. This gives us a headstart in Windows. But under gnome, typically it results in a release over a context menu item and firing of an unintentional command. Users may have trouble smoothly transitioning between the two mouse operations and may not figure out what the problem was since the rest of the operations are so similar. They may think there is something wrong with the desktop or mouse. When I demonstrate Ubuntu to other power users, I notice some issues in this regard. Typically, they think the context menu is sticky. What would be a good solution would be to provide an option under Gnome control panel to emulate Windows context menu operation. This would provide a fall back for users that are migrating from Windows desktops. ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- GDM Context menu needs an option to display on button release https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/320259 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs