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Fix SHIFT+F10 keyboard shortcut for context menu in TextInput#15621

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Fix SHIFT+F10 keyboard shortcut for context menu in TextInput#15621
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Description

This PR fixes the SHIFT+F10 keyboard shortcut not working to show the context menu in TextInput components. Previously, pressing SHIFT+F10 would cause the application's File menu to blink instead of showing the TextInput context menu.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

Why

The SHIFT+F10 keyboard shortcut is a standard Windows accessibility feature for opening context menus. Users expect this shortcut to work in TextInput fields to access cut/copy/paste operations via keyboard.

Root Cause: Windows intercepts SHIFT+F10 at the system level. For ContentIsland hosting, the InputKeyboardSource.ContextMenuKey event wasn't being handled, so the event would fall through and activate the application's menu bar instead.

What

The following changes were made to fix the issue:

  1. Added ContextMenuRoutedEventArgs interface to Composition.Input.idl - New args class with Handled, Position, and IsKeyboardTriggered properties. This follows the same pattern as KeyRoutedEventArgs/CharacterReceivedRoutedEventArgs for easy future extension without breaking API changes.

  2. Added ContextMenu public event to ComponentView.idl - Allows native components to customize context menu behavior by subscribing to this event.

  3. Added OnContextMenu virtual method to ComponentView - Base class method that derived components can override to handle context menu requests.

  4. Added ContextMenuKey event handler in CompositionEventHandler - For ContentIsland hosting, this subscribes to InputKeyboardSource.ContextMenuKey and routes the event to the focused component's OnContextMenu method.

  5. Added WM_CONTEXTMENU handling in CompositionEventHandler::SendMessage - For HWND hosting (CompositionHwndHost), this routes the WM_CONTEXTMENU message to the focused component.

  6. Implemented OnContextMenu in WindowsTextInputComponentView - Calls ShowContextMenu() when the context menu is not hidden via props.

Screenshots

N/A - This is a keyboard interaction fix. Testing requires:

  1. Focus a TextInput component
  2. Press SHIFT+F10
  3. Context menu should appear with Cut/Copy/Paste options

Testing

Manual Testing Performed:

  • Verified SHIFT+F10 now shows the context menu in TextInput
  • Verified right-click context menu still works
  • Verified contextMenuHidden prop still prevents context menu from appearing

Test Scenarios:

  1. TextInput with focus + SHIFT+F10 → Context menu appears
  2. TextInput with contextMenuHidden={true} + SHIFT+F10 → No context menu
  3. Right-click on TextInput → Context menu appears

Changelog

Should this change be included in the release notes: yes

Fixed SHIFT+F10 keyboard shortcut not showing context menu in TextInput components.

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@Nitin-100 Nitin-100 force-pushed the nitin/fix-contextmenu-shiftf10 branch from 8c0bda7 to 525ebd2 Compare February 3, 2026 19:01
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@Nitin-100 Nitin-100 force-pushed the nitin/fix-contextmenu-shiftf10 branch from 1153457 to b47add3 Compare February 5, 2026 05:51
- Add ContextMenuRoutedEventArgs interface to Composition.Input.idl

- Add ContextMenu event to ComponentView.idl

- Implement ContextMenuRoutedEventArgs in Composition.Input.h/cpp

- Add ContextMenu event handlers in ComponentView.h/cpp

- Subscribe to InputKeyboardSource.ContextMenuKey for ContentIsland hosting

- Handle WM_CONTEXTMENU for HWND hosting

- Implement OnContextMenu in WindowsTextInputComponentView
@Nitin-100 Nitin-100 force-pushed the nitin/fix-contextmenu-shiftf10 branch from b47add3 to 13de5f2 Compare February 5, 2026 05:55
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[React Native] [Amazon Kindle][60873901] Bug 2 - SHIFT F10 context menu keyboard shortcut does not work.

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