Alt+click dose not work with me!

[AlNaimi]

Hi every one...
With my laptop acer extensa, FF 3.5.3 + Flashgot 1.2.0.4 + Ubuntu 9.04.... Alt+clik dose not work with me?
Any Idea?
Thanks

[therube]

URL of this link you are trying to Alt+Click?

[Giorgio Maone]

Looks like a Firefox bug on Ubuntu: alt+mouse events never reach the target (tried a simplified test case).
I'll search for a solution, but if everything else fails maybe I'll have to use ctrl+click (which is correctly dispatched).

[AlNaimi]

Hi Giorgio Maone
Any change?

[Giorgio Maone]

Switching to ctrl+click in next release.

[Giorgio Maone]

Switching to ctrl+click in next release.

Well, as an afterthough, maybe not?
I found alt+click does not work on Linux because most window managers map alt+click to "drag window".
From Ubuntu forums:

You should check under System Menu -> Preferences Menu -> Windows and remap the "Drag window" (not sure about the spelling, I do not use english)

Not sure about what's better between keeping cross-platform consistency or use a new Linux-specific default to make it work out-of-the-box...
Is this "Drag window" shortcut very used?

[Giorgio Maone]

FlashGot 1.2.8.3 introduces a new, much easier, way to activate FlashGot. Just push the middle mouse button on a link or a selection and drag down.
The best part is that you keep one hand free