# Why the drop-down menus aren't working
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** fixed, rtl
**Created:** [December 10, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881 "2025-12-10T09:35:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Engineer\_Abdallah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Engineer_Abdallah)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/1 "2025-12-10T09:35:18Z")
Hello everyone
I think I’m having a problem with the drop-down menus; they’re not showing up. I’ve rebuilt the system, and the problem isn’t with the theme (because I reverted to the default theme, and the problem persists).
I’ve tried multiple browsers, and the problem is the same!
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/2 "2025-12-10T09:42:55Z")
Hi there, does this happen in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true)?
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### Author:  [@Engineer\_Abdallah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Engineer_Abdallah)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/3 "2025-12-10T09:46:59Z")
No, I was in normal mode. You can confirm this here:
enghub.site
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/4 "2025-12-10T10:13:27Z")
Alright, so I have taken a look at your site, and it happens even in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true). Inspecting the page shows the list when the dropdown is opened, just that it isn’t shown. Very odd. I wonder… could this be an effect on RTL languages? (EDIT: Perhaps not)
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/5 "2025-12-10T10:45:46Z")
The dropdown is on the page, just positioned offscreen so you can’t see it. Very odd.
More specifically: it’s the X coordinate that’s totally wrong.
@Engineer_Abdallah Did this start happening with the latest update?
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### Author:  [@Engineer\_Abdallah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Engineer_Abdallah)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/6 "2025-12-10T11:49:48Z")
> [@chapoi](#):
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> The dropdown is on the page, just positioned offscreen so you can’t see it. Very odd.
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> More specifically: it’s the X coordinate that’s totally wrong.
>
> @Engineer_Abdallah Did this start happening with the latest update?
I downloaded Discourse today
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/7 "2025-12-10T11:57:24Z")
Moving this to bug, can repro locally with RTL language.
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### Author:  [@Engineer\_Abdallah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Engineer_Abdallah)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/8 "2025-12-10T12:06:45Z")
Yes, when I convert to English language
All things are good
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### Author:  [@cvx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cvx)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/9 "2025-12-10T14:28:05Z")
Fixed in [FIX: Correctly place select-kit dropdown in RTL mode by cvx · Pull Request #36593 · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36593). Thank you for reporting this issue!
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### Author:  [@cvx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cvx)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-the-drop-down-menus-arent-working/390881/10 "2025-12-11T14:28:35Z")
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