Fix #849 by making sure no references to the DecodeTrace instance remain

[pulseview.git] / pv / view / viewwidget.cpp

diff --git a/pv/view/viewwidget.cpp b/pv/view/viewwidget.cpp
index 3bd8c6b9d919522909a3578fe69240767f2e7788..8a7a728521ff49fb8f28b19d7412d126c8d90a58 100644 (file)
--- a/pv/view/viewwidget.cpp
+++ b/pv/view/viewwidget.cpp
@@ -252,16 +252,23 @@ void ViewWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
        assert(event);
 
-       mouse_down_point_ = event->pos();
-       mouse_down_item_ = get_mouse_over_item(event->pos());
-
-       if (event->button() & Qt::LeftButton)
+       /* Ignore right click events as they will open context menus when
+        * used on trace labels. Those menus prevent ViewWidget::mouseReleaseEvent()
+        * to be triggered upon button release, making mouse_down_item_
+        * hold the last reference to a view item that might have been deleted
+        * from the context menu, preventing it from being freed as intended.
+        */
+       if (event->button() & Qt::LeftButton) {
+               mouse_down_point_ = event->pos();
+               mouse_down_item_ = get_mouse_over_item(event->pos());
                mouse_left_press_event(event);
+       }
 }
 
 void ViewWidget::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
 {
        assert(event);
+
        if (event->button() & Qt::LeftButton)
                mouse_left_release_event(event);