Right click no longer working in Safari. Any help would be appreciated.
iMac 27", macOS 10.15
Does it work in other apps or folders? What kind of mouse/trackpad are you using? Try holding down control key while left clicking to see if that brings up a contextual window. You may just need to reprogram your mouse/trackpad for right key to give the control-left click function.
You might try going into Safari prefs (click Safari name up in left corner of screen by Apple icon, scroll down and select preferences) and go down to Download Location. If it's on "ask for each download", click on it and change it to where ever you want downloads to go. Looks like this:
Yes it does work in other apps, Apple wired mouse, in Safari right click now brings up 2 download windows which must be cancelled and then you can see the options such as open in new tab, new window...
If I even try opening Safari preferences I get the download window.
Very weird, very frustrating
I'm sorry, you are speaking of right clicking on links it sounds like. A right click on a link is "contextual", that is, it depends on what you are clicking on as to what options you"re given. If you click on a link that can be downloaded, you will get a menu to allow said download. If you click on a link to another web page, it will give you options to open new tab, new window, etc. Not sure I'm understanding the part about opening Safari prefs and getting download window. Does it look like this?
No, it looks like this.
When I right click 2 of these windows open (image 1) that have to be cancelled then I get the actual menu I expect to see (image 2).
I would think it specific to the web site I'm on except I get the same thing when I even try to bring up Safari preferences!
You're welcome! Glad I could help. The File download location pref allows users to customize where they want their downloads to go. Some users have different folders for different kinds of downloads, such as apps, fonts, documents, work, etc. Some users like myself just dump every download into the Download folder and then sort them out.
You know what? There's no good reason for it that I can think of but that worked, thank you.
Right click is acting normal now.
right click no longer working
