Firefox 3 middle mouse button error

[rusticdog]

Some help would be great for this uber newbie to Linux.

I get this error if I middle mouse click over any space in a Firefox window that isn't a URL, given I regularly bump this button or click it when trying to scroll, is there any way I might be able to stop it ?

Cheers in advance.

[rusticdog]

Re: Firefox 3 middle mouse button error

OK, it seems like the middle mouse button is actually acting as a shortcut for paste. So this problem only happens once I have something stored in the clip board.

Middle mouse clicking over an empty field pastes the text, middle mouse clicking over a URL opens it. Middle mouse clicking over neither on a web page causes the error attached above.

[Guest]

Re: Firefox 3 middle mouse button error

Hi
I think this is the default function of middle mouse clicking for Klipper.
You can disable it:
in the urlbar
about:config and change to false the
middlemouse.paste option.

[rusticdog]

Re: Firefox 3 middle mouse button error

Many thanks, that's got it

[daihard]

Re: Firefox 3 middle mouse button error

Hi
I think this is the default function of middle mouse clicking for Klipper.

A bit off-topic, but I believe it is the default behaviour of X Window itself, not just KDE.

I personally can't live without this feature. It's so much easier to just highlight text to copy and middle-click to paste, than it is to press <Ctrl + C> / <Ctrl + V> to copy/paste.

[cantab]

Re: Firefox 3 middle mouse button error

Firefox has a 'feature' where middle-clicking will open the selection in as though it were a URL. To disable this, what you actually want to set in about:config is middlemouse.contentLoadURL to false.