Windows 10: Mouse left click sometimes registering as 'back' button, Dell

Hi,


I have a Dell latitude E7440. I have been experiencing odd behaviour since I got it second hand (fresh installation of refurbisher's windows 10 on arrival).

At first I assumed that I had accidentely hit a key and when I realised that it was a computer issue I waited to see if some updates would fix the problem.


When I use the left click, at times the end result is that the 'back' functionality is registered whilst browsing webpages.

I have tried this with both Firefox and Edge Browsers and occurs when using both. This also happens when using the laptop's in built trackpad and mouse or an external mouse.

I cannot confirm that it is not also happening at time whilst editing text because I'm not as focused on my hand movements as the text when writing.


It seems to happen predominantly when highlighting text or using the navigation bar on the right of a page.


I have found other question regarding hardware issues and tried running system diagnostics tool and looking to see if errors are being logged. No success trying those.

Any ideas?

I know it's a really odd bug but I'm getting pretty annoyed by it now.

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Mouse Button 4 Registers as Mouse Button 5

The mouse button 5 still registers as mouse button 5 even though mouse button 4 registers as mouse button 5

 

Mouse Button 4 Registers as Mouse Button 5

Does your mouse have a mouse button 5? And if so is that button registering as mouse button 4?

 

recently my left mouse button resultes in a menu

May I make a suggestion?

Open Control Panel and go to: Mouse > Buttons tab > Switch primary and secondary buttons

That setting switches the roles of the left and right mouse buttons. If there's a check mark in that box, get rid of it.