Context menu shows up when right clicking Test area in mouse preflet

[Duggan]

I really don't see the need in this behavior... can it be removed?

[humdinger]

Personally, I'd call this ticket "invalid". No offence, Duggan. :)
The context menu is the default for any BTextControl, why go to the effort of repressing that behaviour exactly here?

[Disreali]

Agreed. It is not worth while to hide/remove an extremely useful behaviour just for single preflet.

[anevilyak]

Indeed.

[Duggan]

That's a problem with the control then and there should likely be a flag to allow the menu to be disabled. I still think the ticket is valid but possibly should be moved to the interface kit. This *IS* an issue, I never claimed it was an *important* issue though. The fact of the matter is, the menu isn't needed and therefore shouldn't show up. Ignoring the issue doesn't make it go away.

[anevilyak]

I don't see how it's an issue that it behaves exactly like every other text control in the system. If anything that's more information telling you that your right click is behaving as it should.

[Duggan]

Me and mmlr came to the agreement that it would be beneficial for there to be a flag in the control to disable the default menu. The same thing can be achieved by overloading the control itself, but I think it would be beneficial to have that functionality in the control proper. There simply are times when that menu makes no sense. Plus, in that particular instance the menu itself covers other controls on the preflet which adds another mouse click to hide the menu and overall the presence of the menu in no way enhances the control or form and thus is detrimental to usability.

[Duggan]

Note: mmlr and I don't agree on whether the menu should be there :P

[axeld]

Replying to Duggan:

Plus, in that particular instance the menu itself covers other controls on the preflet which adds another mouse click to hide the menu and overall the presence of the menu in no way enhances the control or form and thus is detrimental to usability.

Huh? Why would you right click anyway, unless you wanted to see said context menu?

I would agree that a password text field should probably disable at least part of the menu (hint: the copy part), but I can hardly think of a reason on why to introduce such a flag.