diff --git a/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx b/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx
index 275c759f05d730e88261273650747845fbb7a1c1..d1e1221ae5e8340cf50e64a15f9cbb17c06fc01d 100644
--- a/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx
+++ b/src/components/site-header/hy-desktop-menu-links/hy-desktop-menu-links.tsx
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ export class HyDesktopMenuLinks {
                 type="button"
                 class={classAttributes}
                 link-id={id}
-                onClick={(e) => this.handleDesktopMenuClick(e, id)}
+                onMouseDown={(e) => this.handleDesktopMenuClick(e, id)}
                 onFocus={(e) => this.handleDesktopMenuFocus(e, id)}
                 onMouseEnter={(e) => this.handleDesktopMenuEnter(e, id)}
                 onMouseLeave={(e) => this.handleDesktopMenuLeave(e)}