Bug? Right-click on Front Panel causes selection rectangle!

Originally posted on LAVA: http://lavag.org/topic/12097-right-click-on-front-panel-causes-selection-rectangle/. This post contains an updated description of the problem.
Anytime I right-click on a control on the FP, and dismiss the context menu, I get a selection rectangle. If I don't catch it, moving outside the bounds of the FP will cause the FP to scroll to continue my unwanted "selection". So far this has been repeatable every time.
I noticed that the problem doesn't occur on the Controls pallette, only the context menu for controls. Also, if I mouse over the context menu before dismissing it, the problem doesn't occur. If I select an item from the context menu (which also dismisses it), the problem doesn't occur.
I am running LabVIEW 8.6.1f1 on Windows XP Home SP3.
-Ian
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I once worked in a lab which contained a transformer with its incessant 120 Hz hum. Just when I could tune it out someone would say "What's that hum?" and then it would annoy me again. Similar story in a different lab which had a cooling water drain. Just when I get used to the sound, someone would bring it up.
This behavior has p#$#ed me of on numerous occasions and I am mostly used to it by now. At home I use a track ball mouse which covers a lot of real estate in a hurry so of course I am often scrolling a FP into never-never land. Now you bring it up and I am having flashbacks... (Thanks really, it is time to get this fixed)
I have learned to spot the little circle in the crosshair cursor. When it is missing, you are in selection mode.

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