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Matlab Java JPopupMenu remains open in R2023b and newer when using New Desktop
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figure_popup_test.m
% Create figure with mouse up callback
fig = figure('WindowButtonUpFcn', @FigureMouseUpCallback);
% Create popup menu on click place on right click
function FigureMouseUpCallback(hFig, ev)
import java.awt.MouseInfo.getPointerInfo
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu
import javax.swing.JMenuItem
if strcmpi(get(hFig, 'SelectionType'), 'alt')
% Get mouse XY
mouseInfo = java.awt.MouseInfo.getPointerInfo();
mouseLoc = mouseInfo.getLocation();
% Create JPopupMenu
jPopup = javaObjectEDT('javax.swing.JPopupMenu');
% Add items
itemText = {'A', 'B', 'C'};
for iItem = 1 : length(itemText)
jItems(iItem) = javaObjectEDT('javax.swing.JMenuItem');
jItems(iItem).setText(['Entry ' itemText{iItem}]);
hObj = handle(jItems(iItem), 'callbackProperties');
set(hObj, 'ActionPerformedCallback', @(h,ev)disp(['Selection: ' itemText{iItem}]));
jPopup.add(jItems(iItem));
end
% Show popup
jPopup.setLocation(mouseLoc);
jPopup.setInvoker(jPopup);
jPopup.setVisible(1);
drawnow;
end
end
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rcassani commented Feb 6, 2026

R2023b_popupmenu_bug

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