Right-click shenanigans in Scarletfire build

Submitted by microwave on Sun, 07/28/2013 - 00:43
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I am trying out the Scarletfire build, 2013.7.10, on Win7 64-bit. So far, so good, except for one thing:

Right-clicking on any file or folder (like in the Transfers or Search tab) is intermittently being treated as a right click followed by left click.

For some clicks, it works OK and I get the context menu like normal. Other times, the context menu pops up, but immediately disappears, and Soulseek acts as if I left-clicked on the first item in the menu.

This is kind of a dealbreaker, as it has resulted in accidentally queuing folders or opening downloaded files.

Never had this problem in the previous builds.

Submitted by Nir on Sun, 07/28/2013 - 03:01.

I'm unable to reproduce this. Is anyone else getting this?

Submitted by microwave on Sun, 07/28/2013 - 23:57.

It seems there's actually a physical problem with my mouse. I did some more testing in the mouse control panel, and discovered that the right-click button is actually double-clicking sometimes, even though I only pressed it once.

I think maybe the new build is processing these accidental double-right-clicks differently than the old. If you double-right-click in the old build, does it open the context menu and select the first item, or does it just open the context menu?

Anyway, I followed the instructions at http://www.instructables.com/id/Repair-mouse-with-double-click-problem/?... to disassemble and increase the tension on the click mechanism. Although it may only be temporary, now a single right-click doesn't produce a double-click, so my problem is "solved".