diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts
index c8dc421e6d47e..eea4040338184 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/actionbar/actionbar.ts
@@ -768,9 +768,9 @@ export class ActionBar extends Disposable implements IActionRunner {
 		this.updateFocus(true);
 	}
 
-	protected updateFocus(fromRight?: boolean): void {
+	protected updateFocus(fromRight?: boolean, preventScroll?: boolean): void {
 		if (typeof this.focusedItem === 'undefined') {
-			this.actionsList.focus();
+			this.actionsList.focus({ preventScroll });
 		}
 
 		for (let i = 0; i < this.viewItems.length; i++) {
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ export class ActionBar extends Disposable implements IActionRunner {
 					if (actionViewItem.isEnabled() && types.isFunction(actionViewItem.focus)) {
 						actionViewItem.focus(fromRight);
 					} else {
-						this.actionsList.focus();
+						this.actionsList.focus({ preventScroll });
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menu.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menu.ts
index b6733afe0e5c8..cda0d9db4068d 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menu.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menu.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { DisposableStore } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 import { Color } from 'vs/base/common/color';
 import { DomScrollableElement } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/scrollbar/scrollableElement';
 import { ScrollbarVisibility, ScrollEvent } from 'vs/base/common/scrollable';
-import { Event, Emitter } from 'vs/base/common/event';
+import { Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { AnchorAlignment } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/contextview/contextview';
 import { isLinux, isMacintosh } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 	private readonly menuDisposables: DisposableStore;
 	private scrollableElement: DomScrollableElement;
 	private menuElement: HTMLElement;
-	private scrollTopHold: number | undefined;
-
-	private readonly _onScroll: Emitter<void>;
 
 	constructor(container: HTMLElement, actions: ReadonlyArray<IAction>, options: IMenuOptions = {}) {
 		addClass(container, 'monaco-menu-container');
@@ -88,8 +85,6 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 
 		this.menuElement = menuElement;
 
-		this._onScroll = this._register(new Emitter<void>());
-
 		this.actionsList.setAttribute('role', 'menu');
 
 		this.actionsList.tabIndex = 0;
@@ -153,17 +148,11 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 			let relatedTarget = e.relatedTarget as HTMLElement;
 			if (!isAncestor(relatedTarget, this.domNode)) {
 				this.focusedItem = undefined;
-				this.scrollTopHold = this.menuElement.scrollTop;
 				this.updateFocus();
 				e.stopPropagation();
 			}
 		}));
 
-		this._register(addDisposableListener(this.domNode, EventType.MOUSE_UP, e => {
-			// Absorb clicks in menu dead space https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/63575
-			EventHelper.stop(e, true);
-		}));
-
 		this._register(addDisposableListener(this.actionsList, EventType.MOUSE_OVER, e => {
 			let target = e.target as HTMLElement;
 			if (!target || !isAncestor(target, this.actionsList) || target === this.actionsList) {
@@ -176,7 +165,6 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 
 			if (hasClass(target, 'action-item')) {
 				const lastFocusedItem = this.focusedItem;
-				this.scrollTopHold = this.menuElement.scrollTop;
 				this.setFocusedItem(target);
 
 				if (lastFocusedItem !== this.focusedItem) {
@@ -191,8 +179,6 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 
 		this.mnemonics = new Map<string, Array<BaseMenuActionViewItem>>();
 
-		this.push(actions, { icon: true, label: true, isMenu: true });
-
 		// Scroll Logic
 		this.scrollableElement = this._register(new DomScrollableElement(menuElement, {
 			alwaysConsumeMouseWheel: true,
@@ -206,19 +192,15 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 		const scrollElement = this.scrollableElement.getDomNode();
 		scrollElement.style.position = '';
 
-		menuElement.style.maxHeight = `${Math.max(10, window.innerHeight - container.getBoundingClientRect().top - 30)}px`;
+		this._register(addDisposableListener(scrollElement, EventType.MOUSE_UP, e => {
+			// Absorb clicks in menu dead space https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/63575
+			// We do this on the scroll element so the scroll bar doesn't dismiss the menu either
+			e.preventDefault();
+		}));
 
-		this.menuDisposables.add(this.scrollableElement.onScroll(() => {
-			this._onScroll.fire();
-		}, this));
+		menuElement.style.maxHeight = `${Math.max(10, window.innerHeight - container.getBoundingClientRect().top - 30)}px`;
 
-		this._register(addDisposableListener(this.menuElement, EventType.SCROLL, (e: ScrollEvent) => {
-			if (this.scrollTopHold !== undefined) {
-				this.menuElement.scrollTop = this.scrollTopHold;
-				this.scrollTopHold = undefined;
-			}
-			this.scrollableElement.scanDomNode();
-		}));
+		this.push(actions, { icon: true, label: true, isMenu: true });
 
 		container.appendChild(this.scrollableElement.getDomNode());
 		this.scrollableElement.scanDomNode();
@@ -254,8 +236,8 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 		return this.scrollableElement.getDomNode();
 	}
 
-	get onScroll(): Event<void> {
-		return this._onScroll.event;
+	get onScroll(): Event<ScrollEvent> {
+		return this.scrollableElement.onScroll;
 	}
 
 	get scrollOffset(): number {
@@ -295,6 +277,19 @@ export class Menu extends ActionBar {
 		}
 	}
 
+	protected updateFocus(fromRight?: boolean): void {
+		super.updateFocus(fromRight, true);
+
+		if (typeof this.focusedItem !== 'undefined') {
+			// Workaround for #80047 caused by an issue in chromium
+			// https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=414283
+			// When that's fixed, just call this.scrollableElement.scanDomNode()
+			this.scrollableElement.setScrollPosition({
+				scrollTop: Math.round(this.menuElement.scrollTop)
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
 	private doGetActionViewItem(action: IAction, options: IMenuOptions, parentData: ISubMenuData): BaseActionViewItem {
 		if (action instanceof Separator) {
 			return new MenuSeparatorActionViewItem(options.context, action, { icon: true });
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts
index 4ba4fff01bb1e..8018637cde0ff 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/menu/menubar.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ export class MenuBar extends Disposable {
 			}));
 
 			this._register(DOM.addDisposableListener(buttonElement, DOM.EventType.MOUSE_UP, (e) => {
+				if (e.defaultPrevented) {
+					return;
+				}
+
 				if (!this.ignoreNextMouseUp) {
 					if (this.isFocused) {
 						this.onMenuTriggered(menuIndex, true);