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How long does it take in linux for the context menu to open? In fact, is there a context menu at all?

Not sure if the question was asked with sarcasm or not, but, me being me, I actually tested it here as soon as I read it: It's instant. OnMouseDown event, if you will.

Using KDE Plasma 6.

I don't even know what a "context menu" is in this context. Are we just talking about a general right-click menu? If so, it's instant in both Windows 11 and KDE6 for me (desktop, toolbars, etc).

Or do we specifically mean a context-filled context menu, such as the ones used in the file managers? If so, Dolphin definitely performs better than Windows Explorer, but that's a pretty useless micro-benchmark. The thumbnail and live preview processes are far more processor intensive/laggy in Dolphin/KDE, does that mean KDE is overall worse? No.

It's funny because it's the latest version of Windows that requires two clicks to get a non-broken context menu. It's either that or registry hacks that Microsoft hasn't disabled yet.

https://superuser.com/questions/1674122/how-can-i-revert-to-...

It does have the advantage of context menus that contain all of the context, rather than a button to revert to an older version of the context menu that has what you actually want!

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