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depends on the application
Authored by: lsloan on Sep 26, '08 08:15:04AM

Right-clicking some background applications doesn't work. For example, if I have Mozilla Thunderbird 2 (email client) in the background, right-clicking on it doesn't bring up a context-sensitive menu. It brings the entire application to the foreground. Right-clicking on this now foreground application does bring up the CSM. In this case, I think it happens because Thunderbird uses its own UI widgets instead of the ones provided by the OS. That's why the CSM under most applications in Mac OS X 10.5 have the new rounded look, those in Thunderbird have an old rectangular look. The same goes for Mozilla Firefox 2.

OT: Hate that these apps don't use the standard UI widgets. I'm not able to use MOSX text services with them and some pull-down menus ignore keyboard input for jumping through long lists.

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Lance E Sloan



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