Not seeing how to disable right-click menu release click

[madihavu]

This has caused countless accidental clicks in my Mac usage, from Sierra to Big Sur. For the life of me I can't figure out how to disable right-click menu release click.

For instance: I right-click (using mouse, I don't use trackpad) somewhere, a menu opens up, which I want, but then if I accidentally release right-click while the mouse pointer is hovering on a menu item, it selects that menu item. This is driving me crazy.

This doesn't happen on Windows; releasing right-click while hovering on a menu item doesn't activate it, I have to left-click it. This seems like sensible, and accident-proof, behavior. I'm seeing nowhere on Mac or online how to just turn off right-click release activation.

 

[TonyAguila]

Try System Preferences -> Mouse -> Point & Click. Then uncheck “Secondary click.”

 

[madihavu]

Try System Preferences -> Mouse -> Point & Click. Then uncheck “Secondary click.”

Point & Click where?

I'm on macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1. Which version are you on?

 

[TonyAguila]

Point & Click where?
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I'm on macOS Big Sur Version 11.6.1. Which version are you on?

Hmm… I’m running macOS Monterey 12.1. Next chance I get, I will boot into Big Sur to try and find that setting.

 

[TonyAguila]

Okay, here is my Mouse preferences window in Big Sur 11.6.2.

I don’t have 11.6.1 installed, so that might be the issue. Is your mouse Apple-branded or third-party? Is anyone else running 11.6.1? Maybe they can check to see…