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BobBrown241
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September 23, 2009
Question

Can't left click on flash player

  • September 23, 2009
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Hi All,

I have this problem where left clicking on any flash player screen will bring up the right click menu. It doesn't happen all the time but probably 60-80%. Once it starts doing this the only way to control the app is through the space bar.

I am running Snow Leopard and firefox 3.5.3 with flash player v10,0,32,18.

Please help.. Its driving me insane.......

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    RobertMParker
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    October 3, 2009

    I have the exact same problem!  It is driving my crazy, and I haven't figured out how to fix it.

    I'm running Snow Leopard, Firefox 3.5.3, and the latest version of Flash.  My computer is a MacBook Pro 13in.  It sounds like our of our software versions match.

    Maybe this is why Snow Leopard doesn't ship with the latest version of Flash.

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    Look what I just found with google.  It looks like switching to a different virtual desktop with Spaces while a flash player is open triggers the problem.  I use spaces so much, that I would never have deduced that this was the problem.  Weird.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWHqN64PFlM

    "If I have a flash object open (for example youtube) and whilst it is open I switch to a different space and then back again the video becomes unclickable. (it registers left clicks of the mouse as a right mouse button press)

    I have to close the tab/window and reopen in order to get my left click back for flash.

    This only seems to affect flash in Firefox, doing the same in Safari has no problems with the mouse button registering clicks."

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    colbyjack70
    Participant
    October 9, 2009

    Im having this issue as well.

    Running Frirefox 3.5.3

    Flash 10.0.35.18

    OSX 10.6.1 (snow leopard)

    iMac 2Ghz Intel Core Duo

    I figured that Spaces triggerd the problem, but i use spaces so much that now every single flash video is unuseable.

    Guess ill have to switch to Safari or Opera till FF or Adobe is able to resolve the problem.

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    RobertMParker
    Participant
    October 9, 2009

    I've heard that Firefox is working on a fix, but there is a temporary

    solution. Press the Control button once when it happens, and it will

    work correctly. It's annoying, but it is better than restarting

    firefox every time it happens.

    Robert Parker

    RobertMParker@gmail.com, rparker@gatech.edu

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