New "auxclick" event for non-primary button click behavior

The new input event type "auxclick" introduced here provides web developers a way to listen to the click behavior of non-primary buttons, and potentially cancel their effect (eg. opening a new tab when middle clicking on a link). This new input type is needed because the "click" event is restricted to primary button only according to the spec https://w3c.github.io/uievents/#event-type-click. So after this change "click" event will no longer be dispatched for non-primary buttons.

Documentation

• https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/10/auxclick

Specification

Public discussion

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (launch bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 55
• Chrome for Android release 55
• Chrome for iOS release 55
• Android WebView release 55
• Opera release 42
• Opera for Android release 42

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: No public signals
• Edge: No public signals
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: No signals

Owner

• nzolghadr@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14