# Right-click on sidebar widgets is inconsistent/non working **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** Desktop, Design-or-UI\ **Created:** [May 2, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734 "2026-05-02T18:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alfamos](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alfamos](https://community.anytype.io/u/Alfamos)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/1 "2026-05-02T18:47:58Z")
**WHAT IS THE BUG** Right-clicking on sidebar widgets (Recently Added, etc.) produces inconsistent behavior. Sometimes nothing happens, sometimes it acts like a left-click and opens the item, and sometimes it correctly shows the context menu. **HOW TO REPRODUCE IT** 1. Open Anytype 2. Right-click on any sidebar widget (e.g. Recently Added) 3. Repeat several times and observe the inconsistency Note: Ctrl+Right-click always works correctly — it opens the item in a new tab AND shows the context menu. **THE EXPECTED BEHAVIOR** The context menu should open every time on right-click. **ADDITIONAL CONTEXT** Related reports: [Right-clicking on the Recycle Bin does not open the context menu](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-clicking-on-the-recycle-bin-does-not-open-the-context-menu/30702) **TECHNICAL INFORMATION** Version: 0.55.3 OS: Windows 10 Pro Hardware: External mechanical mouse ---
**Author:** ![Nao](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/nao/32/28431_2.png) [@Nao](https://community.anytype.io/u/Nao)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/2 "2026-05-08T16:38:26Z")
I’am having this issue myself and was about to create a new bug report topic .. This was posted 6 days ago? kind of surprising it has gone on this long. I first thought the issue was due to something on my PC or mouse, I even replaced my mouse temporarily. Glad that wasn’t the actual issue. Because of the fact of the workarounds I was confused with , I would say this is a pretty important issue that needs to be solved soon. Just when we were excited about the new feature of being able to right click\> open in new tab.. I will try to bump this as often as possible ---
**Author:** ![Alfamos](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alfamos](https://community.anytype.io/u/Alfamos)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/3 "2026-05-08T20:37:08Z")
Man, thank you for replying, I thought I was the only one with this problem. I have been reading this bug reports and there are a lot of very strange problems. I don’t know why but I am getting the vibe that this app is a vibe code mess. ---
**Author:** ![Nao](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/nao/32/28431_2.png) [@Nao](https://community.anytype.io/u/Nao)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 3:27am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/4 "2026-05-10T03:27:07Z")
I am equally grateful to have found your post, it helped rest assure it wasn’t just me as well. I’m surprised a fix wasn’t including in the latest update.. Looks like they have not even acknowledged this post yet. A little disappointing but as long as it doesn’t last months it’s all good and I am still grateful for all the work involved. ---
**Author:** ![Nao](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/nao/32/28431_2.png) [@Nao](https://community.anytype.io/u/Nao)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/5 "2026-05-10T17:25:05Z")
gona give this a good 'ol bump because its important to me~ 🥂 cheers ---
**Author:** ![VisualNotes](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/visualnotes/32/17582_2.png) [@VisualNotes](https://community.anytype.io/u/VisualNotes)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/6 "2026-05-10T19:50:15Z")
This appears to be a Windows-specific issue, I haven’t been able to reproduce it on macOS. ---
**Author:** ![Nao](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/nao/32/28431_2.png) [@Nao](https://community.anytype.io/u/Nao)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/7 "2026-05-12T15:58:01Z")
Team Anytype has my gratitude! May they keep up with the awesome frequency of updates and fixes! 🙏 May this issue soon be fixed as well. As a temporary work around I am using the ‘right click’ type function button on my keyboard. (to the left of the right ctrl button, often between Alt/Ctrl or Fn on the right side from the space bar; looks like a list). ---
**Author:** ![Zleon](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zleon](https://community.anytype.io/u/Zleon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/8 "2026-05-19T15:11:55Z")
I encountered this issue as well, and it has been present since version 0.53. Even after updating to 0.55.4, it still persists. I wonder when it will be fixed ---
**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 8:06am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/9 "2026-05-21T08:06:47Z")
We’ll take another look into this. It’s a little tricky to reproduce. The next time this happens, if you could open up your Dev Tools and Console and share a screenshot, that’d be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Alfamos](https://community.anytype.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Alfamos](https://community.anytype.io/u/Alfamos)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/10 "2026-05-21T18:09:46Z")
I followed up on your request, but I don’t think any helpful information can be extracted from the screenshots. I turned on every debug option I found. ![Sin título](https://community-static.anytype.io/original/3X/4/a/4ad2aa0b85d60158fa3e76ea08a2355013afc6c2.png) ---
**Author:** ![kaye](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/kaye/32/26600_2.png) [@kaye](https://community.anytype.io/u/kaye)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/right-click-on-sidebar-widgets-is-inconsistent-non-working/30734/11 "2026-05-22T13:25:08Z")
Ok, I believe we may have found the issue and hopefully it’ll be fixed soon.