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I've primarily used Windows, but recently switched to Ubuntu/GNOME at work.

In my Windows setup, the context menu is triggered on the release of the right mouse button; in my Ubuntu/GNOME setup, it's triggered on the press. This is causing me pain because apparently I've developed a habit in Windows of right clicking a bit early, i.e. while still moving the cursor. This has no undesirable side effect in Windows, but in my Ubuntu/GNOME setup, the click immediately brings up the context menu, and the residual movement can sometimes highlight a menu item, and the button release will then act on that selection.

In other words, in Ubuntu/GNOME, where as my intention is just to bring the context menu, I instead accidentally selected some menu item (usually the top most) and execute it. How can I prevent this from happening? Can I make Ubuntu/GNOME bring the context menu on release of right mouse button, the way I'm used to in Windows?


Another habit I've picked up is that I use Alt-F,S to save documents. Now, some editors (e.g. Eclipse) are "smart" in that it knows if a file doesn't need saving, and will disable the Save menu item in that case. Regardless, Alt-F,S would "work" in that it's a no-op (just like Ctrl-S would be). That is, even though Save is disabled, hitting S would still close the File menu, it just wouldn't save the document.

However, in Ubuntu/GNOME, when the Save menu item is disabled in Eclipse, Alt-F,S would get "stuck" on the File menu. Since Save is disabled, S would just not do anything, and the File menu stays open.

I know I can just try to switch to Ctrl-S instead, but can I just configure Ubuntu/GNOME to let me try Alt-F,S even if that particular menu item is disabled? (just ignore the action, just like Windows does).


By the way, I'm open to using another window manager if necessary.

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  • Eclipse isn't a Gtk/GNOME application, and it seems like GNOME applications like gedit don't have this issue, so maybe this is more like an issue with Eclipse instead?
    – JanC
    Nov 7, 2010 at 10:02
  • BTW: unlearning habits is often the most difficult part of moving to another platform... ;)
    – JanC
    Nov 7, 2010 at 10:04
  • This seems like it should be two separate questions.
    – moberley
    Nov 8, 2010 at 2:13

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The first question involves code changes to gnome, as far as I know there is no way to change this behaviour without code changes. you might want to report a bug.

The second question is a problem with Eclipse/Java.

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try kde, is more windows-like, gnome is more mac-like

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