[OpenLayers-Users] right-click support ?

[MilesTogoe]

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 08:59:45AM +0100, "R. Müller" wrote:
>   
>> i'm just wondering a bit that there is no support for mouse-right-click
>> on map. you can do everything you want with the left button, but nothing
>> with the right?! what about context-menus, etc.
>>     
>
> I'm not sure I understand why you think you can't do anything with the
> right click button. Can you explain hat you've tried that doesn't work? 
>
>   
>> i know that there is very different behaviour with different browsers,
>> (additionally you have to disable the default behaviour first) but i
>> personally think it would be an important (almost basic) feature!
>>     
>
> Well, since I believe it should work with some application code, I
> suppose it depends what you're thinking is missing :) 
>
>   
>> btw. are there any plans on supporting mobile browsers, like safari,
>> webkit ... ?
>>     
>
> Do you have a browser that doesn't work? You listed the same browser
> twice, and that browser has worked reasonably well on devices I've tried
> it on, though navigation on a device like that is something that an
> application has to take into account specifically, since drag events
> don't exist by default. 
>   
indeed - bear in mind that right-click is difficult, if not impossible 
with Mac's (single button mouse and trackpad).   Then there's iPhone 
touch.  Thus, for those cases, right-click is not such a good idea.