Show context menu at cursor is missing menu items

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Steps to reproduce

The command Show context menu under cursor was introduced in v0.14.3 :tada:, however the menu is slightly different depending on how it’s invoked:

Steps:

  1. assign a hotkey to Show context menu under cursor
  2. enable spell check
  3. (optional) install some plugins that show context menu items (Notes Refactor, Creases, etc…)

Expected result

When right click on the word
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  • the word becomes highlighted
  • shows spell check corrections and Add to dictionary options
  • shows “Note Refactor” plugin context menus
  • shows “Creases” plugin context menu shows

Actual result

The context menu is different depending on how it’s invoked:

Highlight a word, triggered hotkey/command
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  • missing spell check corrections and Add to dictionary

hotkey/command triggered when cursor is at the 3rd t
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  • missing spell check corrections and Add to dictionary
  • missing “Note Refactor” plugin context menus
  • missing “Creases” plugin context menu

In all 3 cases, spell check corrections and Add to dictionary should show up.

It kind of makes sense that some menu items don’t show when the cursor doesn’t have content highlighted, but a nice feature would be to have the context menu open on the word/line instead of just at the exact cursor position.

Environment

  • Operating system: Mac 12.3 (21E230)
• Debug info: 
SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v0.14.3
	Installer version: v0.11.3
	Operating system: Darwin Kernel Version 21.4.0: Mon Feb 21 20:34:37 PST 2022; root:xnu-8020.101.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64 21.4.0
	Login status: logged in
	Catalyst license: vip
	Insider build toggle: on
	Live preview: on
	Legacy editor: off
	Base theme: light
	Community theme: Things
	Snippets enabled: 3
	Safe mode: off
	Plugins installed: 51
	Plugins enabled: 44
		1: Editor Syntax Highlight
		2: Copy button for code blocks (fixed version manifest)
		3: Note Refactor
		4: Obsidian Git
		5: Meld Encrypt
		6: Cycle through Panes
		7: Tag Wrangler
		8: Footlinks
		9: Calendar
		10: Kanban
		11: Sort & Permute lines
		12: Hotkeys++
		13: Quick Switcher++
		14: Advanced Tables
		15: Natural Language Dates
		16: Hotkey Helper
		17: Advanced Mobile Toolbar
		18: Find unlinked files and unresolved links
		19: Ozan's Image in Editor Plugin
		20: Pane Relief
		21: Templater
		22: Periodic Notes
		23: Remember cursor position
		24: Tidy Footnotes
		25: Footnote Shortcut
		26: Sliding Panes (Andy's Mode)
		27: Meld Calc
		28: Dice Roller
		29: Graph Analysis
		30: Smart Random Note
		31: Advanced Cursors
		32: Style Settings
		33: Excalidraw
		34: Paste URL into selection
		35: Admonition
		36: Hider
		37: Embedded Note Titles
		38: System Dark Mode
		39: Settings Search
		40: Icon Shortcodes
		41: Hypothes.is
		42: Waypoint
		43: Creases
		44: Smarter Markdown Hotkeys
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we are aware of this. This unfortunately is hard to fix or not fixable at all. Open a feature request.

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