Context menu gets too small depending on the cursor position

[kapodamy]

Type: Bug

Context menus style has changed with lastest vscode version and they are not the right size.
Edit: issued by chrome which changed the sytle of the menus, explained here electron/electron#42262
Edit 17/april/2025: the upstream was Closed as not planned.

VS Code version: Code 1.92.0 (b1c0a14, 2024-07-31T23:26:45.634Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
Screen Size	1366x768

version:

previous:

Steps to Reproduce:

• Open context menu

workarround here #224515 (comment) (requires restart)

[Scorg]

I have a similar problem, but also with fonts being bold:

[lah7]

I was going to open a report too. I couldn't find any mention in the release notes, or any setting, so I think it could be related to the Electron 30 upgrade.

Using Arch Linux / KDE with a 2160p monitor here (2.0 global scale). Context menus are way too padded and large here too.

1.91.1	1.92.0
	(I admit the newer menu does position better horizontally to the left)

Looks like the new menu goes either all above or all below the cursor position, hence the scrolling.

Would really love to see an option for the old (native?) menus back. If that's impossible, at least add customisation options to control the padding, font, colours to make the new menu more comfortable.

[medovina]

I'm using Ubuntu 24.04. With this VS Code release the context menu font is uncomfortably large on my machine as well. I'd also like to have an option to use the old menu style.

I think the title of this issue (currently "Context menu gets too small depending on the cursor position") should be more general, e.g. "Context menu has inappropriate font size".

[godoyLeonardo]

I'm using Ubuntu 24.04. With this VS Code release the context menu font is uncomfortably large on my machine as well. I'd also like to have an option to use the old menu style.

I think the title of this issue (currently "Context menu gets too small depending on the cursor position") should be more general, e.g. "Context menu has inappropriate font size".

inappropriate font size and padding

[chapmanjacobd]

It seems like the new context menu loads a 100~200 ms slower too

[Vallek]

Please give us an option to revert it! I don't need or want tablet style menus in a desktop code editor)

[halfburnttoast]

Also having this problem with Linux Mint MATE 21.3. The menu items are way too large. The context menu is so large that the items can't fit on the screen. I've downgraded back to 1.91 for now.

[CGooden9]

Same here. Also, the menu is bright white for me, despite using the dark modern theme. Maybe that's because I'm using the mixed Linux Mint theme (most parts are white, some are black for contrast)? I feel that it should at least match up with the app theme, like the old one did (or have an option to revert back to the old version altogether).

[CGooden9]

I've figured out a temporary solution, at least on linux. Set window.titleBarStyle to "custom". This restores the context menus, though also changes other parts of the UI. I've attached some screenshots for comparison.

[kapodamy]

upstream problem electron/electron#42262

[GaryMatthews]

cheers @CGooden9 this is exactly the fix i was looking for to solve the context menu font size issue. now its a matter of excess padding but this puts most if not all menu items back into view instead of having to scroll to menu items on wasted screen real estate which is a frustrating experience.