diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/sceneviewerevents.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/sceneviewerevents.cpp
index 833cea9b..cbee6af7 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/sceneviewerevents.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/sceneviewerevents.cpp
@@ -957,13 +957,14 @@ using namespace ImageUtils;
 
 void SceneViewer::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *e)
 {
+#ifndef WIN32
+	/* On windows the widget receive the release event before the menu
+	   is shown, on linux and osx the release event is lost, never
+	   received by the widget */
+	QMouseEvent fakeRelease(QEvent::MouseButtonRelease, e->pos(),
+		Qt::RightButton, Qt::NoButton, Qt::NoModifier);
 
-#ifdef MACOSX
-        //cleaning-up mousePressedEvent on MacOSX instead of mouseReleaseEvent called
-	m_mouseButton = Qt::NoButton;
-	m_tabletEvent = false;
-	m_pressure = 0;
-	m_buttonClicked = false;
+	QApplication::instance()->sendEvent(this, &fakeRelease);
 #endif
 
 	if (m_freezedStatus != NO_FREEZED)