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Posted by mmsc 7 hours ago

Making Firefox's right-click not suck with about:config(joshua.hu)
235 points | 169 commentspage 4
Snortibartfast 5 hours ago|
Ironically, the only[1] right-click option I used was changed into something more cumbersome: "open image" which was changed to "open image in new tab".

[1] I exaggerate a bit, sometimes I use uBlock Origin's "block element".

Krssst 4 hours ago||
The article talks of other menu entries but the screenshot of the menu literally shows the "Remove AI chatbot" option, why not just click that instead of hunting for it in about:config?
kemayo 4 hours ago|
As an aside, it does seem like a bit of a bad sign for a feature that you know up-front that it'll be so polarizing that you need to have an always-visible top-level "hide this forever!" button.
eikenberry 5 hours ago||
No way to remove the most annoying thing.. how Copy takes the top spot away from the back arrow when you've highlighted text of any sort. I don't mind the Copy option but don't change the standard menu, add it to the bottom.
yreg 6 hours ago||
The opening rant is quite fun to read. It's nice that it's possible to clean up the context menu in the config.
elxr 3 hours ago||
In a way, this shows why I generally love using webapps over desktop apps. The level of quick customizability for something as basic as a right-click is impressive.

Love that firefox offers so much control, despite the questionable defaults.

sznio 5 hours ago||
this is how ui was supposed to be.

i can pick out the button i want instantly. i don't have to navigate multiple buttons to do anything

silverwind 6 hours ago||
Mozilla really needs to trim this menu down by default. Who needs "Print selection" in this day and age?
1718627440 3 hours ago||
What if you don't want the whole webpage printed with all the images, menus and potential ads? Sure you can also select it in the devtools, but context menu is way easier.
reciprocity 4 hours ago||
The Windows 11 right click contextual menu is an order of magnitude worse. Not only that, but the delay in opening is more than perceptible. Annoying regression.
archerx 6 hours ago||
I think Firefox’s “shift + right click” to bypass context menu blocking should be adopted by all browsers.
ghrl 6 hours ago|
Yeah, it's one of those features where after getting used to it you just can't understand why not every browser has it. I remember trying to copy an image from OneNote and conveniently in the custom content menu there is a button to copy the image. The only thing it does however is tell you it doesn't work and to use Cmd+C instead, which doesn't work either. So Shift + Right Click saves the day again.
oniony 3 hours ago||
There are actually eight dividers.
layer8 4 hours ago|
> of which 2 are greyed-out (aka: fucking useless)

It actually makes sense, because instead of wondering where the option is, you learn that it is not applicable in the given context. It also supports the spatial memory you have of the surrounding options.

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