BUG: Middle clicking on a webpage can trigger unintentional actions...
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Is there a chance this will ever get fixed?
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@adamw00000 A low chance in my opinion. It has only 2 votes.
With 4,034 feature requests, and a small team, those needed by few users or difficult to implement may have to wait for a long time. Wherever you see that a feature is tagged as In Progress, it may get done this year rather than next.
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As you can see in the gif below (keep an eye on the tab bar at the top), releasing the browser's autoscroll while viewing a Tweet on Twitter seems to cause the browser to register a middle-mouse click, which, if the cursor is over a different Tweet, opens that other Tweet in a new tab.
Let me be very clear about what I'm talking about and how to replicate it:
- Click a specific Tweet. Do not just go on your main Twitter feed or whatever. e.g., go here.
- Press and hold your middle mouse button
- Drag down, without ever releasing the middle-mouse button
- Hover over another Tweet that was posted in response to the one you're looking at.
- Release the middle-mouse button
Again: throughout this whole process, your middle-mouse button should only ever have been pressed down once, and only ever released back up once.
I can replicate this on a default profile (i.e., no extensions or changed settings).
This bug might be related to this one, but it's not the same. With that other bug, releasing the middle mouse button does not interact with the page the way it seems to on Twitter with this bug.
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Any update on this, or perhaps a VB number? I'm definitely experiencing this and it's definitely super annoying. The Twitter bug I recently reported might be related, but it's definitely different.
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This has apparently been a constant problem for over two years now. Does no one use middle mouse scroll or something? With such a primitive scrollwheel smooth scroll implementation in this browser, I'm kind of amazed, since middle click scroll is basically the only remaining option if you want smooth scroll.
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@Aelius The bug number VB-73767 is given in Middle clicking on a webpage can trigger unintentional actions.
The secret to avoid it is to release the MMB to begin scrolling, then no click action can be accidentally triggered. Left-click can be used to exit fast scrolling mode.
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@Pesala said in Scroll Issue (middle mouse click):
@Aelius The bug number VB-73767 is given in Middle clicking on a webpage can trigger unintentional actions.
The secret to avoid it is to release the MMB to begin scrolling, then no click action can be accidentally triggered. Left-click can be used to exit fast scrolling mode.
Thanks for the VB #. Unfortunately, releasing MMB before scrolling doesn't fix the problem. To be clear, I don't seem to have issues with accidental middle-clicks (except on Twitter, as per my other thread, however I suspect Twitter's web design might have something to do with that). The problem is that the invisible cursor still exists and can still do "onhover" actions (e.g., hovering over a wikipedia hyperlink, or hovering of a forum thread link here in Vivaldi's forums), as you can see here:
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@Aelius The issue has not a high priority for a fix.
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@mib2berlin said in Scroll Issue (middle mouse click):
@Aelius
Hi, I cant reproduce this at a Wiki page or other pages, Windows 11 Pro, Vivaldi 5.4.2753.37 (Stable channel) (64-Bit) with a clean profile.
Maybe an extension cause this.
Check it with a guest profile, it exclude all settings and extensions.https://help.vivaldi.com/article/guest-view/
Cheers, mib
Default profile:
This has been a known issue for years.
@DoctorG said in Scroll Issue (middle mouse click):
@Aelius The issue has not a high priority for a fix.
That, frankly, is ridiculous. A very basic and glaring UI glitch that occurs, as far as anyone can tell, with 100% consistency on a default profile ought to be among the highest of priorities.
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@Aelius
I am sorry, after re read your post I understand and delete my post.Cheers, mib
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@Aelius said in Scroll Issue (middle mouse click):
That, frankly, is ridiculous.
Yes, a nasty bug.
I updated tracker for 5.4.2753.37 + 5.5.2770.3 + 5.5.2770.1 and increased priority. All i can do. I am only a tester, not a dev.
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any progress in the bug tracker?
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VB-70371 "BUG: Mouse cursor position is bugged after we middle click on a webpage... _ Confirmed, no progress
Dev was pinged yesterday to check.@TsunamiZ I can reproduce it with 6.7.3329.24 Win 11