Pressable not triggering onPress via mouse interaction on android #3889
Description
Description
When using a mouse on Android devices, Pressable from react-native-gesture-handler only triggers onPress and onPressIn on right-click, not left-click. Left-clicks are completely ignored and don't fire any press events.
Steps to reproduce
- Create a React Native app with react-native-gesture-handler version 2.29.0
- Add a Pressable component with onPress handler
- Connect a physical mouse to an Android device
- Left-click on the Pressable - nothing happens
- Right-click on the Pressable - onPress fires
Expected behavior
Left-click should trigger the onPress handler, as it's the primary mouse button. Right-click should either be ignored or trigger a context menu, but not the press handler.
Actual behavior
Left-click: No response, onPress and onPressIn are not called
Right-click: onPress and onPressIn are both called
Additional context
This issue affects users who rely on mouse input for accessibility
event.nativeEvent.button is always undefined in both onPress and onPressIn, so there's no way to distinguish between mouse buttons in JavaScript
Previously used TouchableOpacity in version 2.27.1 which correctly handled both left and right clicks (though both triggered the press event)
After upgrading to 2.29.0 and migrating to Pressable (as TouchableOpacity is deprecated), this regression appeared
A link to a Gist, an Expo Snack or a link to a repository based on this template that reproduces the bug.
https://gist.github.com/terreng/323e54a4eb2ca0eaecd605dc2054a9bc
Gesture Handler version
2.2.9.0
React Native version
0.79.5
Platforms
Android
JavaScript runtime
None
Workflow
React Native (without Expo)
Architecture
Old Architecture (Paper)
Build type
None
Device
None
Device model
No response
Acknowledgements
Yes