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MicrosoftDev channel update to 86.0.622.3 is live
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.
MicrosoftVlad_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!
- josh_bodner
Vlad_Koon OH, that actually makes a lot more sense. I was thinking that when you were moving the mouse cursor inside the context menu, that you were complaining about the item under the mouse cursor taking precedence. I'll see what the engineers think about that.
Finally! This idiotic, meaningless behavior is only present in Chromium and many web browsers based on it. Windows, macOS and Linux context menus don't have this silly and meaningless behavior. In addition, I first saw such stupid behavior only in Chrome/Chromium. No other software has such a problem with context menus! Apart from annoyance, this behavior no longer evokes any emotion
PLEASE fix this not only for your Edge, but for the entire Chromium. This will be a gift for all left-handers!
