diff --git a/qtgui/musicstructures.py b/qtgui/musicstructures.py
index 6e4d345..ea78a1f 100644
--- a/qtgui/musicstructures.py
+++ b/qtgui/musicstructures.py
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ class GuiBlockHandle(QtWidgets.QGraphicsRectItem):
         self.endLabel.setPos(self.rect().width() - self.endLabel.boundingRect().width(), constantsAndConfigs.stafflineGap)
         self.endLabel.setFlags(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem.ItemIgnoresParentOpacity)
 
-
-
     def stretchXCoordinates(self, factor):
         """Reposition the items on the X axis.
         Call goes through all parents/children, starting from ScoreView._stretchXCoordinates.
@@ -133,7 +131,9 @@ class GuiBlockHandle(QtWidgets.QGraphicsRectItem):
         self.endLabel.show()
         super().mouseReleaseEvent(event)
 
-    def contextMenuEvent(self, event):
+    def contextMenuEventCustom(self):
+        """The original context menu was too unreliable. We now call it
+         directly in Track."""
         if self.startLabel.isVisible():
             listOfLabelsAndFunctions = [
                 (translate("musicstructures", "edit properties"), lambda: BlockPropertiesEdit(self.scene().parentView.mainWindow, staticExportItem = self.staticExportItem)),
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ class GuiBlockHandle(QtWidgets.QGraphicsRectItem):
                 (translate("musicstructures", "append block at the end"), lambda: api.appendBlock(self.parent.staticExportItem["id"])),
                 ]
             callContextMenu(listOfLabelsAndFunctions)
-        else:
-            super().contextMenuEvent(event)
 
 class GuiTrack(QtWidgets.QGraphicsItem):
     """In opposite to tracks and block(backgrounds and handles) tracks never get recreated.
diff --git a/qtgui/scorescene.py b/qtgui/scorescene.py
index 5cf3922..a298be6 100644
--- a/qtgui/scorescene.py
+++ b/qtgui/scorescene.py
@@ -341,28 +341,42 @@ class GuiScore(QtWidgets.QGraphicsScene):
         and drop. We make the mouse cursor invisible so the user
         can see where the object is moving
         """
-        if event.button() == QtCore.Qt.LeftButton and self.parentView.mode() in ("block", "cc"):
-            modifiers = QtWidgets.QApplication.keyboardModifiers()
+        super().mousePressEvent(event)
+
+        if self.parentView.mode() in ("block", "cc"):
+            if event.button() == QtCore.Qt.LeftButton:
+                modifiers = QtWidgets.QApplication.keyboardModifiers()
 
-            #Block Move
-            if modifiers == QtCore.Qt.NoModifier:
+                #Block Move
+                if modifiers == QtCore.Qt.NoModifier:
+                    block = self.blockAt(event.scenePos())
+                    if block: #works for note blocks and conductor blocks
+                        #block is type GuiBlockHandle
+                        block.staticExportItem["guiPosStart"] = block.pos() #without shame we hijack the backend-dict.
+                        self.duringBlockDragAndDrop = block
+                        block.mousePressEventCustom(event)
+
+                #Track Move
+                elif (modifiers == QtCore.Qt.AltModifier or modifiers == QtCore.Qt.ShiftModifier ) and self.parentView.mode() == "block":
+                    track = self.trackAt(event.scenePos())
+                    if track and not track is self.conductor:
+                        self.parentView.setCursor(QtCore.Qt.BlankCursor)
+                        self.cursor.hide()
+                        track.staticExportItem["guiPosStart"] = track.pos()
+                        self.duringTrackDragAndDrop = track
+
+            elif event.button() == QtCore.Qt.RightButton:
+                """Fake context menu event. The built-in one never got
+                the correct detection.  Yes, this will hardcode the
+                context menu to right mouse button, which is not really
+                the only way to trigger a context menu. However, too
+                much time has been spent to get this right already.
+                Good enough is better than good."""
                 block = self.blockAt(event.scenePos())
                 if block: #works for note blocks and conductor blocks
-                    #block is type GuiBlockHandle
-                    block.staticExportItem["guiPosStart"] = block.pos() #without shame we hijack the backend-dict.
-                    self.duringBlockDragAndDrop = block
-                    block.mousePressEventCustom(event)
-
-            #Track Move
-            elif (modifiers == QtCore.Qt.AltModifier or modifiers == QtCore.Qt.ShiftModifier ) and self.parentView.mode() == "block":
-                track = self.trackAt(event.scenePos())
-                if track and not track is self.conductor:
-                    self.parentView.setCursor(QtCore.Qt.BlankCursor)
-                    self.cursor.hide()
-                    track.staticExportItem["guiPosStart"] = track.pos()
-                    self.duringTrackDragAndDrop = track
+                    block.contextMenuEventCustom()
+
 
-        super().mousePressEvent(event)
 
     def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
         """Catches certain mouse events for moving tracks and blocks.
@@ -395,7 +409,7 @@ class GuiScore(QtWidgets.QGraphicsScene):
         Don't forget that an item needs to have the flag movable or selectable or else
         it will not get mouseRelease or mouseMove events. MousePress always works."""
 
-        self.parentView.unsetCursor()  #While moving stuff the mouse-cursor is hidden. Reset.
+        #self.parentView.unsetCursor()  #While moving stuff the mouse-cursor is hidden. Reset.
         #self.cursor.show() #Our own position cursor #TODO: why was that in here? It shows the cursor after a mouseclick, even in CC mode (it should not)
 
         tempBlockDragAndDrop = self.duringBlockDragAndDrop