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    Related : superuser.com/questions/1083706/…
    – Ariane
    Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 15:22
  • For what it's worth, it would probably be easier to re-train your clicking habits than to find a solution for this. The menu on mouse down is an intentional feature, aimed at those who click and hold then drag to the menu item, to be selected on release.
    – Joshua Parnell
    Commented Jan 20, 2017 at 13:28
  • Yes. I know it's intentional. But after months of using a Mac, I still occasionally make the mistake, and it's a big frustration every time, so it'd be nice if I were able to change it.
    – Ariane
    Commented Jan 20, 2017 at 14:37
  • This is the exact reason why I tend to avoid Mac - things that operate one way in any other OS operate differently in macOS (or OS X, depending on which version you're using). Something like this would be easy enough to implement in Linux, if you were good with the source code. Should be plausible in Windows using C++ or another unmanaged language (I wrote an app that runs as a service to register right clicks as left clicks on icons in system tray). OS X? I don't even know if it's possible, let alone easy enough for the average end-user
    – Joshua Parnell
    Commented Jan 20, 2017 at 15:35