Comment 145 for bug 134813
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(In reply to comment #75)
> I suppose the original designer had UI usability in mind. If the context menu
> opens downwards and its origin is at the bottom of the caret, you can still see
> the whole word / line to which the context menu applies. If, for example, you
> misspelled a word, you might want to re-read that line with one of the
> suggestions, to make sure it is the right one.
Yeah, absolutely.
> Of course, it would be totally cool if the top of the caret was taken as the
> origin when the context menu opens upwards. :D
Our popup menus do have support for an "anchor rect" which will do this. Patches accepted :-).