live events' "click" handler catches right clicks (unlike normal click event)

[jicksta]

You can test it out yourself:

​http://docs.jquery.com/Events/live

If you right click the example "Click me!" element, it'll trigger the "click" event. Now, right click one of example elements on this page:

​http://docs.jquery.com/Events/click

Only the live click event reacts to the right click. I first noticed this when using Firebug to inspect an element that had a live event defined on it. Not being able to easily inspect an element anymore is quite painful. :)

Major kudos on jQuery, though! It makes Javascript fun again. :)

[aheimlich]

I came across this issue as well in my current project. I noticed that it only occurs when binding to document and only in Firefox (confirmed on Mac OS, not sure about Windows)

[Ubercore]

I see this also on Firefox in Mac OS. I'm seeing it for regular a tags though, not just document.

[iraebrasil]

Same problem here!

I've created an test case before finding this bug. The case is here: ​http://jquery.nodnod.net/cases/284

I didn't had the time to look into it yet on jQuery source code, but I'm using an nasty workaround for now. Really nasty!

// Fix for .live() bug with right click on Firefox,
// because right click it's not a click!
jQuery.fn.__live__ = jQuery.fn.live;
jQuery.fn.live = function(type,fn) {
	if(type != 'click') {
		return this.__live__(type, fn);
	} else {
		var anti_right_click_callback = fn;
		var anti_right_click_proxy = function(e) {
			if(e && e.button && e.button === 2) {
				e.preventDefault();
				e.stopPropagation();
				return false;
			} else {
				anti_right_click_callback.call(this, e);
			}
		};
		return this.__live__(type, anti_right_click_proxy);
	}
};

This is of course the incorrect approach to jQuery, but someone desperate for a solution my have some usefullness to it.

[dmethvin]

See also #3861 for some related info.

[brandon]

Closing, duplicate of #3861