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josh_bodner I ask the Microsoft Edge developers to pay close attention to this issue: "The selection of the context menu items disappears"
This problem is also present in Edge 
The problem is that this behavior is not native to the Windows operating system. In addition, it is very annoying if you are left-handed.
MicrosoftVlad_Koon Since the arrow keys are used mostly for accessibility, I'll ask our accessibility folks if this is something they want to look into.
josh_bodner This behavior is completely inconsistent with the behavior of other context menus, both in the operating system itself and in other software. Also, this behavior only occurs on Windows and Linux. Everything works fine on macOS, predictably, because it uses native context menus.
- josh_bodner
Vlad_Koon Do you have any specific examples of context menus that behave the way you desire? As far as I can tell, using the steps you described in the post you previously linked to, all Windows and Windows application context menus behave the same way: as soon as you move the mouse cursor inside the bounds of the context menu, it takes precedence over whatever the previous selection was.
1. Open the context menu.
2. Move the mouse cursor away from the context menu, but not outside the Edge window.
3. Select any item of the context menu using the arrows on the keyboard.
4. Move the mouse cursor literally 1-2 pixels.The selection made with the arrow keys on the keyboard will disappear. If you are left-handed, this is very annoying!
Compare this behavior to the behavior of context menus in Windows and any other software. For example, in Firefox, the selection made using the arrows on the keyboard does not disappear. This stupid and annoying behavior is only present in Chromium.Now try clicking with the right mouse button in the title bar of the web browser. A native context menu will appear. Select any item in this context menu using the keyboard arrows, and then move the mouse cursor inside the window. The selection will not disappear!
