Right Click Menu Keeps Popping Up (Finder)

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Right Click Menu Keeps Popping Up (Finder)

Hello all, just wondering if anyone else is having this problem in the Finder. If I right-click on something in the Finder, then left-click on something else, the right-click menu keeps popping up even if I have only one finger on my trackpad.

I tried removing my entire hand from anywhere near the trackpad and carefully touching the button with my index finger with all the rest of my fingers curled away and it still pops up the right-click menu.

The only thing that seems to cure it is switching focus to Firefox or some other application, then going back to the Finder. Clicking on a non-icon in the finder seems to help too. However, after right-clicking something then switching to a different icon, the right-click menu pops up again. Very annoying.

Anyone know a quick fix for this? Thanks in advance.

Message was edited by: ctrvl

Macbook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.4.10), 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 200GB 7200RPM HDD

Posted on Jan 12, 2008 2:56 AM

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petrock

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Jan 13, 2008 2:35 AM in response to ctrvl

Are you "right-clicking" by holding down the control key and then clicking on the button on your laptop? Or are you using a two button mouse?

It sounds like either your Control key is sticking down or your right click button on your mouse is getting stuck. Try cleaning them.

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ctrvl Author

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Jan 13, 2008 1:46 PM in response to petrock

Petrock, I'm actually right-clicking by putting my index and middle fingers on the trackpad then hitting the [single] button with my thumb. Oddly enough when I connect a mouse this problem goes away so I'm wondering if there's a problem with my trackpad.

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ctrvl Author

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Jan 25, 2008 12:05 PM in response to petrock

I thought at first it was, but it was just intermittent. It's now happening with my mouse as well, even when I totally disable the trackpad via System Prefs (disable trackpad when mouse is connected).

It's now increasing in frequency to the point that I can barely work with mouse and trackpad and instead I use the keyboard to move around...annoying. Only happens in the Finder though, this doesn't seem to affect any other apps I'm running.

If anyone has any ideas what else I could try...it would be most appreciated.

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ctrvl Author

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Jan 25, 2008 8:22 PM in response to burgback

That's right, burgback. I actually think I may have found the issue: I use a prefpan / application called FolderGlance that lets you customize folders that appear in the contextual (right-click) menu. It even lets you dive into subfolders from an expanding right-click menu. Think about it as "stacks on steroids" because it lets you continue to dive into subfolders (unlike stacks...grrr).

Anyway, disabling the prefpane and removing the plugin from the ~/Library/Contextual\Menu\Items/ directory seems to have fixed the problem for now. I'll update if it doesn't, but I've been operating for about 30 minutes now without issue. Formerly the problem would rear its head about every 10 seconds I was in the Finder.

The only unfortunate part is...I love FolderGlance way more than stacks and I'm sad to see it go.

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petrock

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Jan 15, 2008 2:55 AM in response to ctrvl

Sounds like a problem with your track pad.

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burgback

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Jan 25, 2008 12:11 PM in response to ctrvl

And this is only happening in the finder? Not in any other applications that you use?

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