diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Components/Element.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Components/Element.js
index 25e5208ce9b6f..00fae0951fb1e 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Components/Element.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Components/Element.js
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ export default function Element({data, index, style}: Props): React.Node {
   };
 
   // $FlowFixMe[missing-local-annot]
-  const handleClick = ({metaKey}) => {
-    if (id !== null) {
+  const handleClick = ({metaKey, button}) => {
+    if (id !== null && button === 0) {
       logEvent({
         event_name: 'select-element',
         metadata: {source: 'click-element'},