context menu pop up behavior

> I don't follow all the conversation lately (sorry) but I've been
> bitten by a different context menu launching behavior in modern
> images.  Let us say there is an item selected in a list (say in a
> browser), and then right click in the pane but not directly on the
> selected item.  It used to be the case that the selection does not
> change but it pops up a context menu and the action I choose from the
> menu affects the originally selected item.  Nowadays, it selects the
> different item and then pops up the menu for that new item.
>
> If you can point me to some past discussion (I'm pretty sure there
> was) on the list, or some other rationale, it'd be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
> -- Yoshiki
>

> I don't follow all the conversation lately (sorry) but I've been
> bitten by a different context menu launching behavior in modern
> images.  Let us say there is an item selected in a list (say in a
> browser), and then right click in the pane but not directly on the
> selected item.  It used to be the case that the selection does not
> change but it pops up a context menu and the action I choose from the
> menu affects the originally selected item.  Nowadays, it selects the
> different item and then pops up the menu for that new item.
>
> If you can point me to some past discussion (I'm pretty sure there
> was) on the list, or some other rationale, it'd be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
> --
> -- Yoshiki
>

> Hi Yoshiki, you may toggle this behavior with the
>
>    "Menu request updates list/tree selection"
>
> preference.
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Yoshiki Ohshima
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> I don't follow all the conversation lately (sorry) but I've been
>> bitten by a different context menu launching behavior in modern
>> images.  Let us say there is an item selected in a list (say in a
>> browser), and then right click in the pane but not directly on the
>> selected item.  It used to be the case that the selection does not
>> change but it pops up a context menu and the action I choose from the
>> menu affects the originally selected item.  Nowadays, it selects the
>> different item and then pops up the menu for that new item.
>>
>> If you can point me to some past discussion (I'm pretty sure there
>> was) on the list, or some other rationale, it'd be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> --
>> -- Yoshiki
>>
>