Polylines/Polygons: Behavior of clicking outside the context menu during drawing (Acrobat vs. PDF-XChange) SOLVED

[rakunavi]

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The issue reported below has been resolved in Ver 11.0.1.
I appreciate all the hard work and efforts of the support and development team.
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Hello all,

I would like to share a small observation regarding the UI behavior when drawing Polylines or Polygons, and hear your personal preferences.

In Adobe Acrobat and Foxit PDF Editor, if you right-click while drawing a shape, a context menu appears with options like "Cancel" and "Complete". If you then click anywhere outside the menu without selecting either option, the menu simply closes, and you can seamlessly continue drawing the same shape from where you left off. It feels as if the menu was never opened, maintaining the drawing state.

However, in PDF-XChange Editor, doing the same thing (clicking outside the context menu) immediately cancels the current drawing progress and starts drawing a brand-new shape from the clicked point.

Personally, I find Acrobat/Foxit's behavior more natural and intuitive for a Windows application. To me, clicking outside the menu indicates an intention to simply dismiss the menu and return to the previous state, rather than explicitly "canceling" or "completing" the work. The current behavior in PDF-XChange Editor occasionally leads to accidental loss of a complex shape I am in the middle of drawing.

I understand this might come down to personal preference, but I am curious about your thoughts. Do you prefer the current PDF-XChange behavior, or do you think the Acrobat/Foxit-style behavior is more natural?

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I believe this underlying preference—whether to "maintain and continue" or "cancel and reset" the current drawing state—closely ties into the core issue discussed in the following topic:

• Whether drawing can be continued when the application window becomes inactive while drawing a polyline/polygon
  viewtopic.php?t=42911

Thank you for reading, and I look forward to hearing your opinions!

Best regards,
rakunavi

- PDF-XChange Editor PRO Version: 10.8.5 build 410
- Adobe Acrobat Reader Continuous Release Version 2026.001.21529
- OS Version: Windows 11 Pro / Home 25H2 Build 26200.8457
- PC Model: GMKtec Nucbox M7 Pro with HUION Kamvas Pro 19 / Lenovo IdeaPad C340-15IWL

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, rakunavi

Thank you for the report, I have reproduced and reported this issue to the Dev team.

Kind regards,