# Ctrl+clicking a notification closes the notifications menu

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-clicking-a-notification-closes-the-notifications-menu/31463>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [July 27, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-clicking-a-notification-closes-the-notifications-menu/31463 "2015-07-27T08:17:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zecc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zecc/32/39548_2.png) [@Zecc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zecc)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-clicking-a-notification-closes-the-notifications-menu/31463/6 "2015-07-27T14:29:44Z")

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Why is the condition `(«modifier held» || e.which === 2)`?

Won’t that break the middle mouse button again?

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