P: Losing 'Right click' mouse functionality

when deleting multiples of images in the develop module approximately deleting 60 plus images. The right click to delete more images no longer works unless you close out lightroom and reopening.

I didn't test much: I was right-clicking a smart collection.

Sounds like y'all are hot on the trail...

Weird. That error didn't come up in the locations where I was right clicking. It must be a context specific side effect. In any case, I definitely have this bug cornered so I can write it up for somebody who knows enough about the Windows menu code to fix it without breaking something else.

When right-click functionality has been lost, here is the error logged in the -tracebacks upon right-clicking:

[6072]
[6072] L:
[6072] ?:0: attempt to index a nil value
[6072] 0: [unnamed] - 498286368:1114+289
[6072] ---------------------------------
[6072]

If it helps, I had a second experience with right-click failure today. I'm working on a project with a large number of nested collections. The failure seems to come when I'm working in the Develop module, but I haven't noticed any apparent pattern. I also have a fairly large number of Develop presets on the menu.

Found it. I don't know exactly how to fix it yet, but I believe I know exactly what is causing it to happen (and I have a hypothesis as to why the amount of time it takes varies so much from person to person -- it's based on the number of items in the menu which is in turn related to the number of collections, presets, etc one has).

Aha! I managed to get this to reproduce. I stubbornly removed over 200 images before it started failing, but I think I finally have a bead on this elusive bugger.

I can see an assertion failure message being emitted into the log in the Debugger. I thought sure this was some obscure issue of leaking Windows UI resources, but all my resource counts are right where they were when I started.

Here's hoping I can pick enough info out of the Release build in WinDbg about where that vague error message is originating.

Thanks! -- DT

Update: The former remark about the tracebacks switch providing more clues was incorrect. I don't know why, but though this error appears to be due to a pcall that throws an error, it's bypassing the traceback mechanism... very annoying. Hopefully, I can still break in at the crucial moment to see the error.

(yes, when in develop mod and deleting a large amount of images) it will not bring up the menu you usually have access to when normally right clickie on the image. Win 7/64 bit/12 GB Ram/Develop module/CR2 files from a Canon 50D and Canon 7D. Only thing that works is closing out of LR all together then reopening.

lightroom 3.6 on windows 7 64 bit system. catalog has about 800 pictures. after deleting 25 to 50 images from the catalog, using "right click on the image" and "remove from catalog", the right click option freezes and doesn't work for any image along the scroll bar at the bottom. closing the programing and opening again it works. This repeated three times while I was removing pictures from this catalog. I have 4GB memory, and got no errors from LR or windows. i was in the slide show mode.

I experienced the same problem of right-click stopping working today and found this thread through a search on the topic. I run Windows 7 64-bit, LR 3.5. Right-click failed in all parts of LR that I tried, yet worked fine in the operating system and other programs running at the same time. Closing and restarting LR rectified the problem.