diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecorViewModel.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecorViewModel.java
index f99821747fef7..181a5beeb4875 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecorViewModel.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecorViewModel.java
@@ -312,8 +312,12 @@ public class DesktopModeWindowDecorViewModel implements WindowDecorViewModel {
             } else if (id == R.id.back_button) {
                 mTaskOperations.injectBackKey();
             } else if (id == R.id.caption_handle || id == R.id.open_menu_button) {
-                moveTaskToFront(mTaskOrganizer.getRunningTaskInfo(mTaskId));
-                decoration.createHandleMenu();
+                if (!decoration.isHandleMenuActive()) {
+                    moveTaskToFront(mTaskOrganizer.getRunningTaskInfo(mTaskId));
+                    decoration.createHandleMenu();
+                } else {
+                    decoration.closeHandleMenu();
+                }
             } else if (id == R.id.desktop_button) {
                 mDesktopModeController.ifPresent(c -> c.setDesktopModeActive(true));
                 mDesktopTasksController.ifPresent(c -> c.moveToDesktop(mTaskId));
diff --git a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecoration.java b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecoration.java
index e08d40d76c169..23d3c6a3a1512 100644
--- a/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecoration.java
+++ b/libs/WindowManager/Shell/src/com/android/wm/shell/windowdecor/DesktopModeWindowDecoration.java
@@ -446,6 +446,14 @@ public class DesktopModeWindowDecoration extends WindowDecoration<WindowDecorLin
         if (mHandleMenuAppInfoPill.mWindowViewHost.getView().getWidth() == 0) return;
 
         PointF inputPoint = offsetCaptionLocation(ev);
+
+        // If this is called before open_menu_button's onClick, we don't want to close
+        // the menu since it will just reopen in onClick.
+        final boolean pointInOpenMenuButton = pointInView(
+                mResult.mRootView.findViewById(R.id.open_menu_button),
+                inputPoint.x,
+                inputPoint.y);
+
         final boolean pointInAppInfoPill = pointInView(
                 mHandleMenuAppInfoPill.mWindowViewHost.getView(),
                 inputPoint.x - mHandleMenuAppInfoPillPosition.x - mResult.mDecorContainerOffsetX,
@@ -465,7 +473,8 @@ public class DesktopModeWindowDecoration extends WindowDecoration<WindowDecorLin
                         - mResult.mDecorContainerOffsetX,
                 inputPoint.y - mHandleMenuMoreActionsPillPosition.y
                         - mResult.mDecorContainerOffsetY);
-        if (!pointInAppInfoPill && !pointInWindowingPill && !pointInMoreActionsPill) {
+        if (!pointInAppInfoPill && !pointInWindowingPill
+                && !pointInMoreActionsPill && !pointInOpenMenuButton) {
             closeHandleMenu();
         }
     }