From b842443cf50270cb610f8718c8dea310831997f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Reid Barber <reid@reidbarber.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 11:43:31 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(submenus): restore safe area behavior when submenu mounts
 (#9645)

* fix: getEventTarget returned the wrong target

* fix lint

* fix(menu): restore submenu safe area behavior when submenu mounts

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Co-authored-by: Robert Snow <snowystinger@gmail.com>
---
 packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSafelyMouseToSubmenu.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSafelyMouseToSubmenu.ts b/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSafelyMouseToSubmenu.ts
index 979d0078eb3..fd0503cd621 100644
--- a/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSafelyMouseToSubmenu.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-aria/menu/src/useSafelyMouseToSubmenu.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function useSafelyMouseToSubmenu(options: SafelyMouseToSubmenuOptions): v
       submenuSide.current = undefined;
     }
   };
-  useResizeObserver({ref: submenuRef, onResize: updateSubmenuRect});
+  useResizeObserver({ref: isOpen ? submenuRef : undefined, onResize: updateSubmenuRect});
 
   let reset = () => {
     setPreventPointerEvents(false);