How to disable "Copy Subject" feature in Safari?

With the advent of MacOS Ventura, when opening the context menu of an image in Safari, the "Copy Subject" item appears with a delay, which causes the items to shift upwards.


Problem video: https://monosnap.com/file/7Hb8kvyGNTUXWgG7NvGGf6vtHqeOde


Is there a way to disable the "Copy Subject" feature?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.0

Posted on Dec 13, 2022 3:05 AM

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Posted on Jan 14, 2023 10:03 AM

The problem is a context menu appearing and becoming active before the context is known.


Experience (and muscle memory) tells you that in order to open something in a new tab via the context menu you..


  1. Right click (or two-finger tap) to open the context menu
  2. Move a little to the right
  3. Left click


This can be done in a split second and is second nature.


But now, if the pointer is near the bottom of the screen, Venture decides to...


  1. Display the context menu showing the "open in new tab" option exactly where you expect it to be
  2. A split second later, just before you left-click, move the option up the screen just enough to bring the "open in a new window" option under the pointer


It's appalling UX behaviour.

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