# First context menu item is always highlighted erroneously

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-context-menu-item-is-always-highlighted-erroneously/201052
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [August 20, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-context-menu-item-is-always-highlighted-erroneously/201052 "2021-08-20T01:15:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Hooksmith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hooksmith/32/142826_2.png) [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-context-menu-item-is-always-highlighted-erroneously/201052/1 "2021-08-20T01:15:49Z")

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This was reported by our users after recently updating, and can also reproduce it here on the meta:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/d/6dc2be3ad8b94237245213a5e7e271f4ff94e72f.png)

Expected behavior is that the yellow selection highlight doesn’t occur until I hover over the button.

I assume this is a bug, let me know if otherwise!

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### Author: ![keegan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/keegan/32/383395_2.png) [@keegan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/keegan)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-context-menu-item-is-always-highlighted-erroneously/201052/2 "2021-08-20T02:11:37Z")

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I believe this was added for accessibility purposes to help display which item is in current focus by the keyboard.

More details are in this topic:

> [@Button to admin menu highlighted in yellow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/button-to-admin-menu-highlighted-in-yellow/193777):
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> Since the recent update to 2.8.0.beta2, the button to the admin menu is highlighted in yellow. [grafik] I thought that Discourse wanted to tell me something, but even after searching the web and this forum, I have no clue what that could be. Can someone please enlighten me?

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### Author: ![Hooksmith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hooksmith/32/142826_2.png) [@Hooksmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hooksmith)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-context-menu-item-is-always-highlighted-erroneously/201052/3 "2021-08-20T11:26:39Z")

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That’s rather surprising considering the janky behavior of the element – not a great experience for users. I’ve commented on the other topic, thanks for pointing that out.

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### Author: ![wulfy23](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wulfy23/32/231676_2.png) [@wulfy23](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wulfy23)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-context-menu-item-is-always-highlighted-erroneously/201052/4 "2021-08-21T08:56:17Z")

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perhaps this is related to constraints imposed by mobile vs non-mobile UIs?

being predominantly a PC user… it’s does appear a little unusual… perhaps a more non-visual underline is more appropriate?

either way… I think it’s probably best left to those make use of accessibility functions to provide the most useful feedback here…