Right clicks on the Macs

Post #52,629 by ChrisR 9/21/02 3:12:36 PM Reply	Right clicks on the Macs Trying to solve a problem on my web pages related to right click popup menus. Seeing as how there is only one mouse button on the Macs I'm dealing with, I was wondering what the normal methodology was to put up Context Menus. Best I can figure out, the method is to hold the Command Button (CTRL) and press the mouse button. In JavaScript, I check the ctrlKey flag onMouseDown. Is this normal (i.e. acceptable) behavior for Mac users? (Not sure how this will work when the click takes place over an anchor URL). While I'm on the subject, will the latest versions of Mozilla run on the Mac? Thanks.
Post #52,640 by tjsinclair 9/21/02 5:35:23 PM Reply	I'll give it a shot You're right, the context menu button (right-click) is signalled by a <Ctrl>-left-click. As for Mozilla, I'm running version 1.1 right now on OS X. Tom Sinclair "Everybody is someone else's weirdo." - E. Dijkstra
Post #52,668 by ChrisR 9/21/02 9:07:21 PM Reply	Thanks. Got a customer that's running IE on the Mac. Seems to be a weird mixture of IE for Win and DOM and I can't get it to work quite right. Mozilla is the backup plan, but I think I'm gonna ask around to see if anyone local has a Mac so I can debug my app.
Post #52,758 by ChrisR 9/22/02 11:29:00 PM Reply	Workaround. There's an 'onContextMenu' event that is supported for Internet Explorer for Windows but not supported on IE for Mac. It's not part of the W3C spec but the latest versions of Mozilla support it as well. Problem on the Mac (I got to play on a brand new iMac today) is that when you hit Ctrl-Click, the OS intercepts it and never sends an event to the browser JavaScript. To work around the problem, I just associated the popup menu with an Alt-Click. Have to train the users, but it should do the trick.
Post #53,133 by static 9/25/02 2:31:36 AM Reply	We gave up. We found IE 5.1/Mac was too slow and wouldn't display dropdowns right. Fortuntely, it's an intranet app and can dictate to users - we told them to use Mozilla 1.0. :-) Wade "Ah. One of the difficult questions."

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