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Summary

Restores the previous drag handle behavior in ShadCN UI: clicking the block drag handle opens its dropdown, while dragging a block keeps the dropdown closed.

Rationale

Base UI opens menus on mouse down, unlike the previous Radix implementation and the current Mantine and Ariakit integrations. Because the block drag handle is both draggable and a menu trigger, this caused the dropdown to appear as soon as a block drag started. The regression was also visible in the ShadCN demos.

Opening the menu after a completed click restores the behavior from before the Base UI migration.

Changes

  • Open ShadCN menus on click instead of mouse down.
  • Preserve block dragging without displaying the drag handle dropdown.
  • Preserve mouse and keyboard activation through click, Enter, and Space.
  • Add browser tests covering menu timing, dragging, and subsequent activation.

Impact

This changes non-submenu ShadCN menu triggers to open when the click completes instead of when the pointer is pressed. Submenus are unaffected.

The behavior now matches the previous Radix implementation and the Mantine and Ariakit integrations.

Testing

  • Added end-to-end coverage confirming that:
    • The dropdown remains closed while the pointer is pressed.
    • Starting and completing a block drag does not open the dropdown.
    • The menu can still be opened after dragging with a click, Enter, or Space.
  • Ran the focused tests in Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit: 12 tests passed.
  • Ran lint on the changed menu and test files with no errors or warnings.
  • Ran React Doctor with a score of 100/100 and no reported issues.
  • Started the ShadCN example against the local workspace sources for manual verification.

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Checklist

  • Code follows the project's coding standards.
  • Unit tests covering the new feature have been added.
  • All existing tests pass.

Additional Notes

The regression was introduced by the difference between Base UI's mouse-down menu activation and the click-based behavior used by the other UI integrations.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Pressing or dragging a menu’s draggable control no longer opens the menu unintentionally.
    • Clicking the control or activating it with Enter or Space opens the menu as expected.
    • Menu behavior remains consistent after a drag is released.

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Walkthrough

MenuTrigger skips Base UI pointer-down and mouse-down handlers. End-to-end tests check that dragging does not open the menu and that click, Enter, and Space activate it.

Changes: Drag handle menu activation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Trigger event handling
packages/shadcn/src/menu/Menu.tsx
MenuTrigger skips Base UI pointer-down and mouse-down handlers.
Activation and drag validation
tests/src/end-to-end/shadcn/shadcn.test.tsx
Tests wait for deferred menu updates and verify drag behavior and click, Enter, and Space activation.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

Suggested reviewers: matthewlipski, nperez0111

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 74911

The drag-handle menu opens on completed activation rather than mouse-down. No merge-blocking risk was established.

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The title "fix(shadcn): better open menu drag dropdown behavior" names the affected package and the area of change. The changeset makes MenuTrigger stop Base UI pointer-down and mouse-down handlers, so non-submenu menus open on click completion. This keeps the drag handle dropdown closed during a drag, while click, Enter, and Space still open it. The title says the drag dropdown behavior is improved, which matches the main change. It is somewhat vague about the specific mechanism (click completion versus mouse down), but it refers to the real primary change and is not misleading.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
tests/src/end-to-end/shadcn/shadcn.test.tsx (1)

30-30: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Rename the local selector constant.

The test does not import the shared DRAG_HANDLE_MENU_SELECTOR, so no redeclaration occurs. The local constant still uses the same name for a different selector. Rename it to SHADCN_DRAG_HANDLE_MENU_SELECTOR and update its five usages. DragHandleMenu renders .bn-drag-handle-menu.

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In `@tests/src/end-to-end/shadcn/shadcn.test.tsx` at line 30, Rename the local
selector constant to SHADCN_DRAG_HANDLE_MENU_SELECTOR and update all five
references, preserving the .bn-drag-handle-menu selector value used by
DragHandleMenu.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@tests/src/end-to-end/shadcn/shadcn.test.tsx`:
- Line 30: Rename the local selector constant to
SHADCN_DRAG_HANDLE_MENU_SELECTOR and update all five references, preserving the
.bn-drag-handle-menu selector value used by DragHandleMenu.

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@nperez0111 nperez0111 changed the title Restore correct menu drag dropdown behavior in ShadCN fix(shadcn): better open menu drag dropdown behavior Oct 29, 2026
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Thanks @sauerben sorry it took so long to review it

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