I strongly suspect this is actually due to intential limitations of functionality in the global menus. Re-opening on Unity.
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Package changed: firefox (Ubuntu) => unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/917008 Title: Mouse Interactivity Regression with Global Menu bar Status in Unity: Confirmed Bug description: When using the globalmenu extension and Unity, it is not possible to the middle or right mouse buttons on the items in the history and bookmarks menu, to open them in a new tab or window, or to manage the bookmarks directly within the menu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox-globalmenu 10.0~b4+build1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-8.15-generic-pae 3.2.0 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-8-generic-pae i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1828S Analog [VT1828S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: dobey 4136 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: dobey 4136 F...m pulseaudio BuildID: 20120113104210 CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xf9ff4000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'VIA VT1828S' Components : 'HDA:11064441,14627599,00100100' Controls : 41 Simple ctrls : 24 Channel: beta Date: Sun Jan 15 21:24:25 2012 ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback IpRoute: default via 10.0.0.1 dev eth2 proto static 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.100 metric 1 169.254.0.0/16 dev eth2 scope link metric 1000 IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth2 no wireless extensions. ProcEnviron: LC_COLLATE=C PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=10.0/20120113104210 RfKill: RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/14/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: V10.4 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 870-G45 (MS-7599) dmi.board.vendor: MSI dmi.board.version: 2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI dmi.chassis.version: 2.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV10.4:bd05/14/2010:svnMSI:pnMS-7599:pvr2.0:rvnMSI:rn870-G45(MS-7599):rvr2.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr2.0: dmi.product.name: MS-7599 dmi.product.version: 2.0 dmi.sys.vendor: MSI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/917008/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp