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Bug 728269 - Can't right click in gnome-terminal if a ncursers application (such as htop or ncmpcpp) is running.
Can't right click in gnome-terminal if a ncursers application (such as htop o...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: vte
Classification: Core
Component: general
0.36.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: VTE Maintainers
VTE Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-04-15 14:54 UTC by Camille
Modified: 2014-07-01 18:20 UTC
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Description Camille 2014-04-15 14:54:03 UTC 
See title, this happens since the 3.12 update: right clicking does not open the right click menu when ncmpcpp or htop is open in the terminal, I think this bug has something to do with ncurses (both ncmpcpp and htop are ncurses applications right? please correct me if I'm wrong). I know I'm not the only one with this bug because people on the arch forum also talked about it.
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2014-04-15 15:51:59 UTC 
I think this means that the application has enabled mouse tracking mode, so vte sends the right click to the application instead of to gnome-terminal.
Comment 2 Camille 2014-04-15 16:14:10 UTC 
Oh okay, thanks for the explanation. why didn't this happen in all earlier gnome-terminal versions though? Also is there any way to deny applications to use "mouse tracking mode" in gnome-terminal?
Comment 3 Egmont Koblinger 2014-04-16 16:32:44 UTC 
It was a long standing bug 13299, finally g-t 3.12 matches the other terminal emulators. You can still access the menu using Shift+rightclick, Shift+F10 or the Menu key.

Whether there's a way to disable mouse depends on the individual apps, e.g. htop. Please file them a feature request if you think it's feasible. I can't see the point though.