diff --git a/app/client/components/BaseView.js b/app/client/components/BaseView.js
index ce54761d..558dcff2 100644
--- a/app/client/components/BaseView.js
+++ b/app/client/components/BaseView.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ const {copyToClipboard} = require('app/client/lib/copyToClipboard');
 const {setTestState} = require('app/client/lib/testState');
 const {ExtraRows} = require('app/client/models/DataTableModelWithDiff');
 const {createFilterMenu} = require('app/client/ui/ColumnFilterMenu');
+const {closeRegisteredMenu} = require('app/client/ui2018/menus');
 
 /**
  * BaseView forms the basis for ViewSection classes.
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ BaseView.commonCommands = {
     this.scrollToCursor(true).catch(reportError);
     this.activateEditorAtCursor({init});
   },
-  editField: function() { this.scrollToCursor(true); this.activateEditorAtCursor(); },
+  editField: function() { closeRegisteredMenu(); this.scrollToCursor(true); this.activateEditorAtCursor(); },
 
   insertRecordBefore: function() { this.insertRow(this.cursor.rowIndex()); },
   insertRecordAfter: function() { this.insertRow(this.cursor.rowIndex() + 1); },
diff --git a/app/client/components/CustomView.ts b/app/client/components/CustomView.ts
index 2de3b150..bf3e0a36 100644
--- a/app/client/components/CustomView.ts
+++ b/app/client/components/CustomView.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {dom as grains} from 'grainjs';
 import * as ko from 'knockout';
 import defaults = require('lodash/defaults');
 import {AccessLevel} from 'app/common/CustomWidget';
+import {closeRegisteredMenu} from 'app/client/ui2018/menus';
 
 /**
  * CustomView components displays arbitrary html. There are two modes available, in the "url" mode
@@ -218,6 +219,8 @@ export class CustomView extends Disposable {
         if (!this.viewSection.isDisposed() && !this.viewSection.hasFocus()) {
           this.viewSection.hasFocus(true);
         }
+        // allow menus to close if any
+        closeRegisteredMenu();
       })
     });
 
diff --git a/app/client/components/GridView.js b/app/client/components/GridView.js
index 11c6babc..8fe353cb 100644
--- a/app/client/components/GridView.js
+++ b/app/client/components/GridView.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const {onDblClickMatchElem} = require('app/client/lib/dblclick');
 
 // Grist UI Components
 const {dom: grainjsDom, Holder, Computed} = require('grainjs');
-const {menu} = require('../ui2018/menus');
+const {closeRegisteredMenu, menu} = require('../ui2018/menus');
 const {calcFieldsCondition} = require('../ui/GridViewMenus');
 const {ColumnAddMenu, ColumnContextMenu, MultiColumnMenu, freezeAction} = require('../ui/GridViewMenus');
 const {RowContextMenu} = require('../ui/RowContextMenu');
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ GridView.gridCommands = {
 
   fieldEditSave: function() { this.cursor.rowIndex(this.cursor.rowIndex() + 1); },
   // Re-define editField after fieldEditSave to make it take precedence for the Enter key.
-  editField: function() { this.scrollToCursor(true); this.activateEditorAtCursor(); },
+  editField: function() { closeRegisteredMenu(); this.scrollToCursor(true); this.activateEditorAtCursor(); },
 
   deleteRecords: function() {
     const saved = this.cursor.getCursorPos();
diff --git a/app/client/ui/contextMenu.ts b/app/client/ui/contextMenu.ts
index cf27403b..e629cfcf 100644
--- a/app/client/ui/contextMenu.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui/contextMenu.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *   `dom.on('contextmenu', ev => ev.preventDefault())`
  */
 import { Disposable, dom, DomArg, DomContents, Holder } from "grainjs";
-import { cssMenuElem } from 'app/client/ui2018/menus';
+import { cssMenuElem, registerMenuOpen } from 'app/client/ui2018/menus';
 import { IOpenController, Menu } from 'popweasel';
 
 export type IContextMenuContentFunc = (ctx: ContextMenuController) => DomContents;
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ class ContextMenuController extends Disposable implements IOpenController {
       dom.domDispose(content);
       content.remove();
     });
+
+    registerMenuOpen(this);
   }
 
   public close() {
diff --git a/app/client/ui2018/links.ts b/app/client/ui2018/links.ts
index e0b8f57c..0045db8f 100644
--- a/app/client/ui2018/links.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui2018/links.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ export function gristLink(href: string|Observable<string>, ...args: IDomArgs<HTM
     dom.attr("href", href),
     dom.attr("target", "_blank"),
     dom.on("click", ev => onClickHyperLink(ev, typeof href === 'string' ? href : href.get())),
+    // stop propagation to prevent the grist custom context menu to show up and let the default one
+    // to show up instead.
+    dom.on("contextmenu", ev => ev.stopPropagation()),
     // As per Google and Mozilla recommendations to prevent opened links
     // from running on the same process as Grist:
     // https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/audits/noopener
diff --git a/app/client/ui2018/menus.ts b/app/client/ui2018/menus.ts
index c5586f90..5e262e29 100644
--- a/app/client/ui2018/menus.ts
+++ b/app/client/ui2018/menus.ts
@@ -17,11 +17,28 @@ export interface IOptionFull<T> {
   icon?: IconName;
 }
 
+let _lastOpenedController: weasel.IOpenController|null = null;
+
+// Close opened menu if any, otherwise do nothing.
+export function closeRegisteredMenu() {
+  if (_lastOpenedController) { _lastOpenedController.close(); }
+}
+
+// Register `ctl` to make sure it is closed when `closeMenu()` is called.
+export function registerMenuOpen(ctl: weasel.IOpenController) {
+  _lastOpenedController = ctl;
+  ctl.onDispose(() => _lastOpenedController = null);
+}
+
 // For string options, we can use a string for label and value without wrapping into an object.
 export type IOption<T> = (T & string) | IOptionFull<T>;
 
 export function menu(createFunc: weasel.MenuCreateFunc, options?: weasel.IMenuOptions): DomElementMethod {
-  return weasel.menu(createFunc, {...defaults, ...options});
+  const wrappedCreateFunc = (ctl: weasel.IOpenController) => {
+    registerMenuOpen(ctl);
+    return createFunc(ctl);
+  };
+  return weasel.menu(wrappedCreateFunc, {...defaults, ...options});
 }
 
 // TODO Weasel doesn't allow other options for submenus, but probably should.