XnView Software

cday wrote: Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:35 pmWhen I set the right button to 'next picture' I usually see what you are seeing with the unwanted context menu, and when I saw a similar problem last year, I think it was resolved by using a different mouse.

Right-clicking inside the picture seems to trigger a conflict between the context menu and Tools → Settings… → Interface → Mouse → Right button.

XnTriq wrote: Sat Jun 25, 2022 1:45 am Right-clicking inside the picture seems to trigger a conflict between the context menu and Tools → Settings… → Interface → Mouse → Right button.

Not in my tests:

Right-clicking inside the displayed image usually -- but not always -- opens the next image and displays the context menu...

And right-clicking outside the displayed image also sometimes opens the next image and displays the context menu..

There does seem to be a random element, which might arise from several possible causes. It would be interesting to know whether the effect occurs with all mice, or only with particular mice as seemed to be the case last year. [Edited].

IMO, the context menu has to be disabled if the user assigns a command to Right button in Tools → Settings… → Interface → Mouse.

XnView Classic:

• Disable mouse navigation by default
• [Partially fixed] RMB/MMB/LMB doesn't work in Slide Show
• Slideshow in 1.82.2 Win - bug or feature?
• Slide show - "navigation with left and right mouse button"
• Fullscreen on a Tablet issues
• browse files with left/right mouse click - middle click 100%

XnView MP:

• Fullscreen: Navigation with left-right mouse button
• R-Click displays unexpected context menu
• Disable mouse right click context menu ?

XnTriq wrote: Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:30 pm IMO, the context menu has to be disabled if the user assigns a command to Right button in Tools → Settings… → Interface → Mouse.

That would be one possible solution: clearly if a button is assigned to two functions, the software can't in general determine which action the user intends...

Might another be to add a key such as Shift or Alt to the context menu mouse right-click action, so that it can always be available?

And depending on how the software is coded, it might in this case consistently produce both actions, or maybe different results on different occasions, depending on the timing even without the possibility of mouse button contact bounce.

Hip, hip - Hooray!

I found a simple work-around. In the Interface - Mouse settings I changed: Mouse wheel to Previous/next file. By rolling the mouse wheel the pictures move easily, smoothly and actually more quickly back and forth without any disturbing menus popping up. Quite easy and perfect for my purposes, as I often have to go through large folders with sometimes hundreds of pictures.
For me the problem seems to be solved, for now at least.

Glad you have found a solution -- a workaround that satisfies your need in another way -- but the issue you identified does seem to need to be resolved, a mouse right-click can't be seemingly assigned to two different actions...