diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
index 3b589ba1b..7bb0cba03 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/headless.rs
@@ -838,6 +838,70 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.view.ctx), "its context menu");
     }
 
+    /// #1877: a right-click while another photo's context menu is open closes that menu and
+    /// opens this photo's, which stays open (it flashed and closed again).
+    #[test]
+    fn right_clicking_elsewhere_moves_the_context_menu() {
+        let mut h = demo([1200.0, 760.0]);
+        let t = Duration::from_secs(10);
+        h.settle(SETTLE);
+        let thumbs: Vec<String> = h.app.widgets.iter().filter(|(w, _)| w.starts_with("thumb:")).map(|(w, _)| w.clone()).collect();
+        let (Some(a), Some(b)) = (thumbs.first().cloned(), thumbs.get(1).cloned()) else { panic!("two grid photos: {thumbs:?}") };
+        let popup = |w: &str| {
+            let id: u64 = w.trim_start_matches("thumb:").parse().expect("a photo id");
+            egui::Id::new(("cell", id)).with("popup")
+        };
+        assert!(!egui::Popup::is_any_open(&h.view.ctx));
+        let r = h.request("ui.clickWidget", json!({"id": a, "button": "right"}), t);
+        assert_eq!(r["ok"], true, "{r}");
+        h.settle(SETTLE);
+        assert!(egui::Popup::is_id_open(&h.view.ctx, popup(&a)), "the first photo's menu is open");
+        // A real click: the press and the release reach the UI on different frames, with the
+        // pointer resting on the photo in between (`ui.clickWidget` sends both on one frame).
+        let rect = h.app.widgets.iter().find(|(w, _)| *w == b).map(|(_, r)| *r).expect("the second photo on screen");
+        let at = egui::pos2(rect.left() + rect.width() * 0.9, rect.center().y);
+        let button = egui::PointerButton::Secondary;
+        let modifiers = egui::Modifiers::NONE;
+        h.app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(at));
+        h.step();
+        h.step();
+        h.app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button, pressed: true, modifiers });
+        h.step();
+        h.step();
+        h.app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button, pressed: false, modifiers });
+        // one frame at a time: the menu flashed for a frame or two before it closed
+        for frame in 0..6 {
+            h.step();
+            assert!(!egui::Popup::is_id_open(&h.view.ctx, popup(&a)), "frame {frame}: the first photo's menu closed");
+            if frame > 0 {
+                assert!(egui::Popup::is_id_open(&h.view.ctx, popup(&b)), "frame {frame}: the second photo's menu is open");
+            }
+        }
+        h.settle(SETTLE);
+        assert!(egui::Popup::is_id_open(&h.view.ctx, popup(&b)), "the second photo's menu stays open");
+        // The same photo again, elsewhere on it (the menu that is open belongs to this very
+        // widget): the menu moves to the pointer and stays.
+        let before = h.view.ctx.read_response(popup(&b)).map(|r| r.rect).expect("the menu's area");
+        let at = egui::pos2(rect.left() + rect.width() * 0.2, rect.center().y);
+        h.app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::PointerMoved(at));
+        h.step();
+        h.step();
+        h.app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button, pressed: true, modifiers });
+        h.step();
+        h.step();
+        h.app.synthetic.push(egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button, pressed: false, modifiers });
+        for frame in 0..6 {
+            h.step();
+            if frame > 0 {
+                assert!(egui::Popup::is_id_open(&h.view.ctx, popup(&b)), "frame {frame}: the menu is open after a right-click on the same photo");
+            }
+        }
+        h.settle(SETTLE);
+        assert!(egui::Popup::is_id_open(&h.view.ctx, popup(&b)), "the menu stays open");
+        let after = h.view.ctx.read_response(popup(&b)).map(|r| r.rect).expect("the menu's area");
+        assert!((after.left() - at.x).abs() < 4.0, "the menu moved to the pointer: {after:?} vs {at:?} (was {before:?})");
+    }
+
     /// #1171: Up / Down in the grid go to the cell above / below; in the filmstrip, one photo.
     #[test]
     fn up_and_down_move_through_the_grid_rows() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/compare.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/compare.rs
index 75e1e91f7..9de91a4e4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/compare.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/compare.rs
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ pub fn show_compare(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         if resp.double_clicked() {
             app.ui.zoom = if app.ui.zoom == Zoom::Fit { Zoom::Percent(100.0) } else { Zoom::Fit };
         }
-        resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+        crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
             if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Swap")).clicked() {
                 let _ = swap(app);
             }
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ pub fn show_survey(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 let _ = app.run("library.select", json!({"ids": [id.0], "mode": "toggle"}));
             }
         }
-        resp.context_menu(|ui| super::grid::context_menu(app, ui, *id));
+        crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| super::grid::context_menu(app, ui, *id));
     }
     let n = photos.len();
     let msg = if app.session.selection.ids.len() > SURVEY_MAX {
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ pub fn show_reference(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     let (_, lresp) = photo_tile(app, ui, r, Slot::Compare(0), left, "Reference", zoom);
     let (img, _) = photo_tile(app, ui, active, Slot::Compare(1), right, "Active", zoom);
     app.image_rect = Some(img);
-    lresp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&lresp, |ui| {
         if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Clear Reference")).clicked() {
             app.ui.reference = None;
             app.ui.view = ViewMode::Detail;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
index b3f0ff386..9eae0cd77 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/detail.rs
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
     if let Some(why) = photo.preview_only.as_deref().filter(|_| !fullscreen) {
         preview_only_pill(ui, canvas, why);
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
         crate::widgets::menu_button(ui, crate::i18n::tr("Zoom"), |ui| {
             for (label, cmd) in [("Fit", "view.zoomFit"), ("100%", "view.zoom100"), ("Zoom In", "view.zoomIn"), ("Zoom Out", "view.zoomOut")] {
                 if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr(label)).clicked() {
@@ -2732,7 +2732,7 @@ pub(crate) fn filmstrip(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, r: Rect) {
                 }
             }
             // the same photo actions as the grid and loupe (Restore / Delete Permanently in Recently Deleted)
-            resp.context_menu(|ui| super::grid::context_menu(app, ui, *id));
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| super::grid::context_menu(app, ui, *id));
         }
     });
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs
index d53a77a3b..08f70bd02 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/edit.rs
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ fn section(
             app.toast(ui.ctx(), e);
         }
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
         let mut solo = app.ui.single_panel;
         let item = ui.checkbox(&mut solo, crate::i18n::tr("Solo Mode"));
         register(ui.ctx(), "sectionMenu:solo", item.rect);
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ fn curve_editor(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId, d: &Dev
     let resp = ui.interact(r, egui::Id::new(("curve", &ch)), Sense::click_and_drag());
     crate::widgets::announce(&resp, crate::i18n::tr("Tone Curve"));
     register(ui.ctx(), "curve", r);
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| curve_reset_menu(app, ui, &ch));
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| curve_reset_menu(app, ui, &ch));
     let p = ui.painter();
     p.rect_filled(r, 2.0, t.canvas);
     if let Some(hist) = preview_histogram(app, id) {
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ fn curve_footer(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, d: &DevelopSettings)
                         ui.close();
                     }
                     if !p.builtin {
-                        r.context_menu(|ui| {
+                        crate::widgets::context_menu(&r, |ui| {
                             if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Delete Preset")).clicked() {
                                 let _ = app.run("curve.deletePreset", json!({"name": p.name}));
                                 ui.close();
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs
index 24ec07c1e..8365a1ff8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/filterbar.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             if r.clicked() {
                 let _ = app.run("filter.applyPreset", json!({"name": n}));
             }
-            r.context_menu(|ui| {
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&r, |ui| {
                 if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Delete Preset")).clicked() {
                     let _ = app.run("filter.deletePreset", json!({"name": n}));
                 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/grid.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/grid.rs
index 8ec5fd6e4..7710bc331 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/grid.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/grid.rs
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ fn cell(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId, r: Rect, square
         }
         app.ui.dragging_photos = Some(app.session.selection.ids.iter().map(|p| p.0).collect());
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| context_menu(app, ui, id));
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| context_menu(app, ui, id));
 }
 
 /// The header of a Local folder view: the path as a breadcrumb (each part opens that folder),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keyword_list.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keyword_list.rs
index d42aa1ff5..a94327653 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keyword_list.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keyword_list.rs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ fn row(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, r: &Row, selection: &[PhotoId
     if resp.double_clicked() {
         app.ui.dialog = Some(edit_dialog(app, &r.path));
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| menu(app, ui, &r.path, selection));
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| menu(app, ui, &r.path, selection));
 }
 
 /// A row while a keyword or photos are dragged: outlined under the pointer when the drop would
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keywording.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keywording.rs
index bad2a2f43..a6f53562d 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keywording.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/keywording.rs
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ fn chip_acts(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &egui::Ui, c: &Chip, body: egui::Respo
         body.on_hover_text(format!("{full}\n{n}"))
     };
     let c = c.clone();
-    body.context_menu(|ui| menu(app, ui, &c));
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&body, |ui| menu(app, ui, &c));
 }
 
 /// When a list is shortened, only this many chips are measured for it: more than the lines it
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs
index 107151b1e..defeed065 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/left.rs
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ fn section_header(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, section: SidebarSe
         ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(egui::Id::new("left-section-drag-from-pinned"), pinned));
         app.ui.dragging_section = Some(section);
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| sections_menu(app, ui, Some(section)));
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| sections_menu(app, ui, Some(section)));
     let open = !app.ui.sidebar.is_collapsed(section);
     resp.widget_info(|| egui::WidgetInfo::selected(egui::WidgetType::CollapsingHeader, true, open, title));
     // what is visible of the header: its bar and count end at the panel's edge, like a row's
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         let (hr, title) = ui.allocate_exact_size(vec2(ui.available_width(), 44.0), Sense::click());
         crate::widgets::announce(&title, crate::i18n::tr("My Photos"));
         register(ui.ctx(), "sidebarTitle", hr);
-        title.context_menu(|ui| sections_menu(app, ui, None));
+        crate::widgets::context_menu(&title, |ui| sections_menu(app, ui, None));
         // the open library's name under the title, so nobody edits in the wrong one (issue #902)
         let library = crate::panels::settings::open_library_name(app);
         let title_y = if library.is_some() { hr.center().y - 7.0 } else { hr.center().y };
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ fn folder_tree(
     {
         app.toast(ui.ctx(), e);
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
         // the library actions of the Folders tree, when this folder (or one inside it) holds library photos
         let library = app.caches.folder_tree(&app.session.catalog);
         let held = library_node_for(&library, path);
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ fn drop_target(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, resp: &egui::Response
 }
 
 fn folder_menu(app: &mut LightcraftApp, resp: &egui::Response, a: &Album) {
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(resp, |ui| {
         if a.folder {
             // the same commands as File ▸ New…, aimed at this folder
             crate::widgets::menu_button(ui, crate::i18n::tr("New"), |ui| {
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@ fn row_menu(app: &mut LightcraftApp, resp: &egui::Response, n: &FolderNode) {
     if !n.volume {
         folder_menu_for_library(app, resp, n);
     } else if n.path != "/" {
-        resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+        crate::widgets::context_menu(resp, |ui| {
             folder_label_menu(app, ui, n);
             locate_missing_item(app, ui, n);
             synchronize_item(app, ui, n, &n.name);
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ fn folder_menu_for_library(app: &mut LightcraftApp, resp: &egui::Response, n: &F
     let name = std::path::Path::new(path).file_name().map(|f| f.to_string_lossy().to_string()).unwrap_or_else(|| path.to_string());
     // what dialogs call it: the last two names, so same-named folders are told apart
     let label = lightcraft_catalog::folders::folder_label(path);
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(resp, |ui| {
         if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Rename Folder…")).clicked() {
             app.ui.dialog = Some(crate::state::Dialog::TextPrompt {
                 title: crate::i18n::tr_format!("Rename “{name}”", name = label),
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ fn keyword_row(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, n: &KeywordNode, id:
         browse_all_photos(app, !sel);
         let _ = app.run("library.filter", json!({"keyword": v}));
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
         let has_sel = app.session.active().is_some();
         if ui.add_enabled(has_sel, egui::Button::new(crate::i18n::tr("Add to Selected Photos"))).clicked() {
             let _ = app.run("photo.setMeta", json!({"addKeywords": [n.path]}));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mask_effects.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mask_effects.rs
index 505dde129..6062d241c 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mask_effects.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/mask_effects.rs
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ fn menu(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, mask: &Mask, current: Option
             if resp.clicked() {
                 chosen = Some(name.clone());
             }
-            resp.context_menu(|ui| row_menu(app, ui, mask, name, fav));
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| row_menu(app, ui, mask, name, fav));
         }
     });
     // resting on an effect previews it on the photo (no history entry)
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/masking.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/masking.rs
index e0e9d1a42..b0371c422 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/masking.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/masking.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId) {
             if resp.double_clicked() {
                 app.ui.renaming_mask = Some((m.id, m.name.clone()));
             }
-            resp.context_menu(|ui| mask_menu(app, ui, m.id, &m.name, m.visible, index, count));
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| mask_menu(app, ui, m.id, &m.name, m.visible, index, count));
             if sel {
                 // right under the selected mask: ＋ adds to it, − takes away from it (any mask
                 // type; Describe… opens its field here)
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId) {
                 if resp.double_clicked() {
                     app.ui.renaming_component = Some((m.id, i, label.clone()));
                 }
-                resp.context_menu(|ui| component_row_menu(app, ui, m.id, i, &label, m.components.len()));
+                crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| component_row_menu(app, ui, m.id, i, &label, m.components.len()));
                 ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
                     let more = ui.small_button("…").on_hover_text(crate::i18n::tr("Component options"));
                     register(ui.ctx(), format!("button:componentMenu{i}"), more.rect);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/people.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/people.rs
index 0ec008c2c..c5cd27b40 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/people.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/people.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fn card(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, person: &Person, r: Rect, ed
     p.text(pos2(r.left() + 2.0, face.bottom() + 32.0), Align2::LEFT_CENTER, photos, t.font(12.0), t.text_dim);
     let resp = resp.on_hover_text(crate::i18n::tr_format!("{} — show their photos", person.name));
     let full = person.name.clone();
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
         let r = ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Rename Person…"));
         register(ui.ctx(), "personMenu:rename", r.rect);
         if r.clicked() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/presets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/presets.rs
index ca0243cc5..9f2f78806 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/presets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/presets.rs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                 if resp.clicked() {
                     ui.data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(open_id, !open));
                 }
-                resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+                crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
                     if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Export Group…")).clicked() {
                         let _ = app.run("file.exportPresets", json!({"group": g}));
                     }
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
                         app.toast(ui.ctx(), crate::i18n::tr_format!("Preset: {name}", name = name));
                     }
                     let (builtin, group) = (pr.builtin, pr.group.clone());
-                    resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+                    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
                         if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr(if fav { "Remove from Favorites" } else { "Add to Favorites" })).clicked() {
                             let _ = app.run("preset.favorite", json!({"id": pid}));
                         }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs
index 6f4c8da3f..c2f45886a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/right.rs
@@ -1323,25 +1323,29 @@ fn versions(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId) {
             } else if resp.clicked() && !current {
                 let _ = app.run("version.restore", json!({"index": i}));
             }
-            resp.on_hover_text(crate::i18n::tr(if current { "The photo has these settings" } else { "Click to restore · double-click to rename" }))
-                .context_menu(|ui| {
-                    if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Restore")).clicked() {
-                        let _ = app.run("version.restore", json!({"index": i}));
-                    }
-                    if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Update with Current Settings")).clicked() {
-                        let _ = app.run("version.update", json!({"index": i}));
-                    }
-                    if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Rename…")).clicked() {
-                        crate::panels::dialogs::prompt(app, "Rename Version", "Version name", &v.name, "version.rename", json!({"index": i}), "name");
-                    }
-                    if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Set as Before")).clicked() {
-                        let _ = app.run("beforeAfter.setBefore", json!({"source": "version", "name": v.name}));
-                    }
-                    ui.separator();
-                    if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Delete")).clicked() {
-                        let _ = app.run("version.delete", json!({"index": i}));
-                    }
-                });
+            let resp = resp.on_hover_text(crate::i18n::tr(if current {
+                "The photo has these settings"
+            } else {
+                "Click to restore · double-click to rename"
+            }));
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
+                if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Restore")).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run("version.restore", json!({"index": i}));
+                }
+                if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Update with Current Settings")).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run("version.update", json!({"index": i}));
+                }
+                if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Rename…")).clicked() {
+                    crate::panels::dialogs::prompt(app, "Rename Version", "Version name", &v.name, "version.rename", json!({"index": i}), "name");
+                }
+                if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Set as Before")).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run("beforeAfter.setBefore", json!({"source": "version", "name": v.name}));
+                }
+                ui.separator();
+                if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Delete")).clicked() {
+                    let _ = app.run("version.delete", json!({"index": i}));
+                }
+            });
         }
     });
 }
@@ -1413,7 +1417,7 @@ fn activity(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, id: PhotoId) {
             if resp.clicked() {
                 let _ = app.run("history.restore", json!({"index": i}));
             }
-            resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
                 if ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Copy History Step Settings to Before")).clicked() {
                     let _ = app.run("beforeAfter.setBefore", json!({"source": "history", "index": i}));
                 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/slide_templates.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/slide_templates.rs
index 591e3c82a..51c27d224 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/slide_templates.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/slide_templates.rs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fn template_row(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, t: &Tokens, tpl: &Te
     if resp.clicked() {
         apply(app, &ctx, &tpl.id, &name);
     }
-    resp.context_menu(|ui| menu(app, ui, tpl, &name));
+    crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| menu(app, ui, tpl, &name));
 }
 
 /// A menu entry registered as `button:{id}`.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/topbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/topbar.rs
index 7e40af7d5..cdf1d7a3f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/topbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/topbar.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             if resp.clicked() {
                 let _ = app.run("view.appearance", json!({}));
             }
-            resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+            crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
                 let settings = ui.button(crate::i18n::tr("Appearance Settings…"));
                 register(ui.ctx(), "menu:appearanceSettings", settings.rect);
                 if settings.clicked() {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/print_view.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/print_view.rs
index 0c3745270..a18e1f691 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/print_view.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/print_view.rs
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ fn package_cells(
             pu.drag = None;
         }
         let id = c.id;
-        resp.context_menu(|ui| {
+        crate::widgets::context_menu(&resp, |ui| {
             for (how, label) in
                 [("toFront", "Bring to Front"), ("forward", "Bring Forward"), ("backward", "Send Backward"), ("toBack", "Send to Back")]
             {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/text_field.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/text_field.rs
index 268242ef1..aed99f4d8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/text_field.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/text_field.rs
@@ -272,9 +272,9 @@ impl<'a> TextField<'a> {
         }
         let menu_was_open = memo.menu_open;
         // a click on a greyed-out item does nothing, as in a native menu: only a choice or a click
-        // outside closes it
+        // outside closes it (not the right-click that moves the menu within the field, #1877)
         memo.menu_open = egui::Popup::context_menu(&response)
-            .close_behavior(egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside)
+            .close_behavior(crate::widgets::context_menu_close(&response, egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClickOutside))
             .show(|ui| menu(ui, self.widget, id, self.text, &mut memo.action))
             .is_some();
 
@@ -555,6 +555,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(rig.text, "Kyoto");
     }
 
+    /// #1877: a right-click elsewhere in the field while its menu is open moves the menu there
+    /// (it flashed at the new spot and closed).
+    #[test]
+    fn right_clicking_again_moves_the_menu() {
+        let mut rig = Rig::new("Lisbon");
+        rig.click(FIELD, PointerButton::Secondary);
+        let before = rig.rect(&format!("{FIELD}:cut")).expect("the menu");
+        let rect = rig.rect(FIELD).unwrap();
+        let at = egui::pos2(rect.left() + 10.0, rect.center().y);
+        rig.click_at(at, PointerButton::Secondary);
+        let after = rig.rect(&format!("{FIELD}:cut")).unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("the menu is still open: {:?}", rig.widgets));
+        assert!(after.left() < before.left(), "the menu moved to the pointer: {after:?} (was {before:?})");
+        assert!(rig.endings.is_empty(), "the edit goes on");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn clicking_back_into_field_dismisses_its_menu_and_places_a_new_caret() {
         let mut rig = Rig::new("Lisbon");
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
index a00bca4b2..cfec17d77 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,21 @@ pub fn menu_button<'a, R>(ui: &mut Ui, atoms: impl egui::IntoAtoms<'a>, contents
     egui::InnerResponse::new(inner.map(|r| r.inner), response)
 }
 
+/// A context menu on `response`, as `Response::context_menu` gives, that a right-click moves
+/// (#1877). egui closes a menu on any click once it was open on the previous frame, and judges
+/// that by the menu's id: a right-click elsewhere on the same widget while its menu is open
+/// reopened the menu at the pointer and closed it again on the same frame, a one-frame flash.
+/// The click that opens (or moves) the menu is not the one that closes it.
+pub fn context_menu(response: &Response, add_contents: impl FnOnce(&mut Ui)) -> Option<egui::InnerResponse<()>> {
+    egui::Popup::context_menu(response).close_behavior(context_menu_close(response, egui::PopupCloseBehavior::CloseOnClick)).show(add_contents)
+}
+
+/// How a context menu on `response` closes this frame: `default`, except on the frame of the
+/// right-click that opens or moves it, which must not close it (see [`context_menu`]).
+pub fn context_menu_close(response: &Response, default: egui::PopupCloseBehavior) -> egui::PopupCloseBehavior {
+    if response.secondary_clicked() { egui::PopupCloseBehavior::IgnoreClicks } else { default }
+}
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------ automation registry
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default)]
diff --git a/docs/ui-parity.md b/docs/ui-parity.md
index e5e0c6e5f..8576149bb 100644
--- a/docs/ui-parity.md
+++ b/docs/ui-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # UI parity
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-14 · **Change:** minor (zoom row: soft proofing sharp at 1:1; canvas tools by keyboard; focus-order test; ~50 unnamed hand-drawn widgets named) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-15 · **Change:** patch (context menus: a right-click elsewhere on the same widget moves its open menu instead of flashing it, issue #1877) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6
 
 How LightCraft's interaction compares with Lightroom's: views, panels, tools and handles, modifier
 keys, shortcuts, zoom, context menus and feel. Rows for individual menu items and shortcuts live in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ assessment and the notes that don't fit a row. Visual reference for agents: `pla
 | Zoom and navigation | Fit / Fill / 1:1 / 2:1 … 11:1, Navigator, spacebar pan | Fit to 800%, pinch zoom, pan, Navigator-like | 60% | diagnostic overlays (Visualize Spots, Point Color range, HDR range) render the whole frame instead of a zoom window; everything else, mask overlays and soft proofing included, is sharp at 1:1–8:1 |
 | Library culling and metadata | ratings, flags, labels with keys, painter, keywording, metadata panel, filter bar | ratings / flags / labels and advance, keyword list and sets, keywording box, metadata fields, smart albums, filter bar | 85% | painter tool, quick collection, some Classic keys |
 | Shortcuts | Lightroom desktop and Classic keymaps | Lightroom-desktop keymap with Classic additions, editable | 85% | deliberate differences below; no Classic keymap layer |
-| Context menus | everywhere | 26 sites (grid, filmstrip, albums, folders, keywords, masks, presets…) | 70% | unaudited against Lightroom's menus item by item |
+| Context menus | everywhere | 31 sites (grid, filmstrip, albums, folders, keywords, masks, presets, text fields…), all through `widgets::context_menu` (`crates/ui-egui/src/widgets.rs`): a right-click elsewhere while a menu is open closes it and opens the menu there, also on the same widget (issue #1877: that one flashed at the new spot and closed, as egui counts the opening click as a click while open) | 70% | unaudited against Lightroom's menus item by item |
 | Text fields | native editing behaviour | custom text field (LR-BEHAV-TEXTFIELD) | 70% | IME and selection edge cases |
 | Accessibility | VoiceOver / Narrator, keyboard navigation | AccessKit tree audited by a test in every view, Develop tool and the main dialogs: every control named, sliders with value, range and Increment / Decrement, dialogs titled, tool sliders reachable with Tab; crop handles, spots, gradient handles and mask pins by keyboard | 75% | brush strokes and red-eye ellipses need the pointer; not tried with a real screen reader ([audit](#accessibility-audit)) |
 | Feel and responsiveness | GPU-interactive sliders (15.3) | ≤ 16 ms slider budget on GPU; background renders | 75% | colour NR at half resolution, 100k-photo grid test |
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ a real screen reader on any platform yet.
 
 | Date | Change | Summary |
 |---|---|---|
+| 2026-10-15 | patch | Context menus: a right-click elsewhere on the same widget while its menu is open moves the menu to the pointer; before it flashed at the new spot and closed (issue #1877); every site uses `widgets::context_menu`; 70% unchanged |
 | 2026-10-14 | patch | Shortcuts: Visualize HDR loses its default ⇧H, which cycles the Tool Overlay (issue #224); both PRs had claimed it |
 | 2026-10-12 | minor | Accessibility: crop handles, spots, gradient handles and mask pins operable by keyboard with AccessKit names and values; Tab order test for the right panels; hand-drawn icons and rows named; 55% → 75%; UI remaining 34–58 h → 32–54 h |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | Shortcuts: Tool Overlay modes for spot and mask pins on ⇧H (H stays Remove; issue #224), listed with the deliberate differences; dropped from the missing list |