When I right click on a folder or file in either the directory tree or the contents pane and I try to use the down arrow to scroll through the context menu options, the cursor just highlights the first option, then the highlight disappears. If I hold the down arrow down it rapidly scrolls through the first ten or so options on the menu but nothing stays highlighted. The up arrow has the same effects except they start at the bottom of the menu instead of the top.
This works in all of my other applications so I thought I'd reach out and see if it's possibly a bug or indicates something going south in my DOpus configuration.
Is it possible your mouse is jittering slightly, and moving enough that it's over the first item in the menu, then continuing to move slightly so it's interpreted as (re-)highlighting the first item?
I don't think so. On your suggestion I tested this and I don't think that could be happening. This used to work for me fine, I just noticed today it had developed this problem.
It seems as if there is a timer checking the mouse pointer every second or so and reselects the item under the pointer when timer expires. Once the pointer is off the menu everything works fine here.
@yonder Brilliant! That works for me, I'll just have to move the mouse pointer off the menu before using the arrow keys. This did not use to be the case, I'm not sure when it started. I have an AHK script that right clicks then uses down arrows to the Extract option. It used to work but when I used it today it gave this behavior which is how I found it. I added the MouseMove command to the script and now it works. Thanks!
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Not so sure this is THE solution (moving mouse off the menu) but rather a temporary one in the meantime. I think it may be bugged and needs fixing.
I have AHK installed too but no scripts running. I tried uninstalling AHK and still happens. Doesn't occur with any other context menus throughout windows, only in DOpus. Also menu and menu buttons have the same behavior along with status bar context menu. The context menu when right clicking blank spot in toolbar behaves normally. Perhaps some setting in DOpus is what's causing it for some users and not others.
When the menu opens, it should open next to the mouse, not (quite) under it. For the mouse to be over a menu item it would need to have moved (at least a few pixels) after opening the menu.
Is that what's happening, or is the menu opening under the mouse pointer? If the latter, does it depend where the mouse/menu are on the screen, or any other details like multiple monitors in different DPIs?
I am using a Kensington Trackball that is quite solid. When I click on the right button my hand is nowhere near the trackball, so there's no risk that the mouse is moving slightly. This problem only appears in Dopus, no other apps.
It doesn't matter where on the screen the pointer is when I right click.
I have 3 monitors but they're all virtually identical 4K so I don't know about different DPIs. I'll test it on my Surface Pro 9 later and see if it shows up there.
I've attached a screenshot, it appears to me that the mouse pointer is right on the very border of the menu.
Let me know if there's anything else I can test or information I can provide. Thanks for your help!
I tested this on my Surface Pro 9 (that and my desktop are Win 11 Pro). It's tricky to test on the Surface Pro because it's a touchpad and the mouse invariably moves a tiny bit when I two-finger tap to double click. Once I managed not to move the pointer and the arrow keys did not work. But other times it did move just off the menu and then the arrow did work.
