Title: Dropdown autocloses
Last modified: February 10, 2026

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# Dropdown autocloses

 *  Resolved [joncon62](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joncon62/)
 * (@joncon62)
 * [2 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-autocloses/)
 * I love this plugin, it is one of the most useful plugins I use in my code development,
   thanks for this! There is one rather annoying bug though I would love you to 
   fix. When I open the big dropdown that shows the roles and users, when I type
   information into the ‘Search By’ box, I find the dropdown will just close for
   no reason while I’m typing. This has been a bug ever since I started using the
   plugin, ie many years, over many different themes, wordpress installs and other
   mix of plugins, so probably not a conflict. It does seem a bit random when this
   happens, I’m wondering if there’s a refresh that goes wrong and just closes the
   box? Any ideas?

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 *  Plugin Author [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * (@keraweb)
 * [2 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-autocloses/#post-18816473)
 * Hi [@joncon62](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joncon62/)
 * Thank you for your inquiry and I am fully aware of this and it even bugs me too
   haha.
 * Unfortunately, the WordPress Toolbar (AdminBar) which I for this plugin has it’s
   hover-logic within core. So what happens on hover is handled by WordPress core,
   not my plugin.
 * It seems that this utility is not fully supporting input elements (search fields
   for example). When you click on such a field it somehow loses focus on the parent
   menu and the hover utility code hides it.
   I believe there was a discussion about
   it years ago but didn’t get priority because Gutenberg took over.
 * I prefer not to fully rebuilt it all with my own code because I’d like to keep
   it simple and in line with WordPress core, especially since this is a free plugin
   without premium options or any form of budget.
   In case my own annoyance with 
   it becomes to big I might give it a shot but for now I consider it a minor usability
   bug, not even caused by my plugin.
 * Cheers, Jory

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 * Last reply from: [Jory Hogeveen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keraweb/)
 * Last activity: [2 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-autocloses/#post-18816473)
 * Status: resolved