In the Help menu for MakeCode, player cannot directly navigate to the page for the topic they started drilling down on, until they navigate directly to any other page

[MiloMeacham]

Describe the bug In the Help menu for MakeCode, player cannot directly navigate to the page for the topic they started drilling down on, until they navigate directly to any other page.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Enter a world
2. Open code builder
3. Open a new MakeCode project
4. Select any of the tabs on the left
5. Right click on a block of code - any function, method, event, ideally one that will have links to other pages
6. Select Help, and the player is taken to the help page for that function/event/whatever, as expected
7. From the help page on the right, scroll down and select any link to another page, listed under See Also
8. On the tabs on the left, right click on the same, original block of code from step 5, and select Help, and observe nothing happens

It seems that whatever topic the player began their drilling down from the top from, that page can no longer be navigated directly to via Help on the left, until the player selects any other code block on the left and navigates directly to that one (which effectively sets that page as the 'top' that can no longer be navigated directly to).

Expected behavior Player expects to be navigated directly to the help page for the given topic

Attachments HelpMenuNavigation.mp4

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/91723c45-3806-4041-9ed6-9bd91e575e23

Desktop:

OS: Windows Version: Microsoft MakeCode for minecraft version: 2.1.27, Microsoft MakeCode version: 12.1.17

Additional context Bug ported over from ADO

[github-actions[bot]]

Wrong Repository

Correct Repository: microsoft/pxt-minecraft

Reasoning: This issue describes a bug in the Help menu navigation that occurs when using "MakeCode for Minecraft" (version 2.1.27 as noted in the report). The reproduction steps reference Minecraft-specific features like "Enter a world" and "Open code builder," which are part of the pxt-minecraft target implementation, not pxt-arcade. The issue was ported from an Azure DevOps work item (1495779) which appears to be from the Minecraft team's backlog.

Recommendation: This issue should be filed in the microsoft/pxt-minecraft repository. Before creating a new issue there, please search for existing issues about Help menu navigation problems to avoid duplicates. When filing in the correct repository, the current reproduction steps and video attachment should be sufficient as they provide clear information about the navigation bug.

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