diff --git a/src/js/background.js b/src/js/background.js
index a7fdaa340..8cb846d13 100644
--- a/src/js/background.js
+++ b/src/js/background.js
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ return {
     noopFunc: function(){},
 
     apiErrorCount: 0,
-    contextMenuClientX: -1,
-    contextMenuClientY: -1,
+    mouseX: -1,
+    mouseY: -1,
+    mouseURL: '',
     epickerTarget: '',
     epickerEprom: null,
 
diff --git a/src/js/contentscript-end.js b/src/js/contentscript-end.js
index 2996839e4..152339a73 100644
--- a/src/js/contentscript-end.js
+++ b/src/js/contentscript-end.js
@@ -897,19 +897,20 @@ var uBlockCollapser = (function() {
     if ( window !== window.top ) {
         return;
     }
-    var onContextMenu = function(ev) {
+    var onMouseClick = function(ev) {
         messager.send({
-            what: 'contextMenuEvent',
-            clientX: ev.clientX,
-            clientY: ev.clientY
+            what: 'mouseClick',
+            x: ev.clientX,
+            y: ev.clientY,
+            url: ev.target && ev.target.localName === 'a' ? ev.target.href : ''
         });
     };
 
-    window.addEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu, true);
+    window.addEventListener('contextmenu', onMouseClick, true);
 
     // https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/issues/144
     vAPI.shutdown.add(function() {
-        document.removeEventListener('contextmenu', onContextMenu, true);
+        document.removeEventListener('contextmenu', onMouseClick, true);
     });
 })();
 
diff --git a/src/js/messaging.js b/src/js/messaging.js
index 47886d5e3..07a2bc69e 100644
--- a/src/js/messaging.js
+++ b/src/js/messaging.js
@@ -96,9 +96,10 @@ var onMessage = function(request, sender, callback) {
     var response;
 
     switch ( request.what ) {
-    case 'contextMenuEvent':
-        µb.contextMenuClientX = request.clientX;
-        µb.contextMenuClientY = request.clientY;
+    case 'mouseClick':
+        µb.mouseX = request.x;
+        µb.mouseY = request.y;
+        µb.mouseURL = request.url;
         break;
 
     case 'cosmeticFiltersInjected':
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ var onMessage = function(request, sender, callback) {
 
     case 'launchElementPicker':
         // Launched from some auxiliary pages, clear context menu coords.
-        µb.contextMenuClientX = µb.contextMenuClientY = -1;
+        µb.mouseX = µb.mouseY = -1;
         µb.elementPickerExec(request.tabId, request.targetURL);
         break;
 
@@ -633,14 +634,14 @@ var onMessage = function(request, sender, callback) {
             callback({
                 frameContent: this.responseText.replace(reStrings, replacer),
                 target: µb.epickerTarget,
-                clientX: µb.contextMenuClientX,
-                clientY: µb.contextMenuClientY,
+                clientX: µb.mouseX,
+                clientY: µb.mouseY,
                 eprom: µb.epickerEprom
             });
 
             µb.epickerTarget = '';
-            µb.contextMenuClientX = -1;
-            µb.contextMenuClientY = -1;
+            µb.mouseX = -1;
+            µb.mouseY = -1;
         };
         xhr.send();
         return;
diff --git a/src/js/tab.js b/src/js/tab.js
index 6625bff26..d7ce86308 100644
--- a/src/js/tab.js
+++ b/src/js/tab.js
@@ -500,7 +500,10 @@ vAPI.tabs.onPopup = function(details) {
     var loggerEnabled = µb.logger.isEnabled();
 
     // Check user switch first
-    if ( µb.hnSwitches.evaluateZ('no-popups', openerHostname) ) {
+    if (
+        targetURL !== µb.mouseURL &&
+        µb.hnSwitches.evaluateZ('no-popups', openerHostname)
+    ) {
         result = 'ub:no-popups: ' + µb.hnSwitches.z + ' true';
     }