WhatsApp on the mac

By Alicia Krage, 8 February, 2026

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macOS and Mac Apps

I've noticed lately that when I'm using WhatsApp, particularly when navigating a conversation, like I have someone's conversation window open and I'm navigating messages, it'll randomly open up the reactions menu for me to react to some random message. Does anyone know why this is and how to get it to stop doing that?

It used to be a very seemless experience on the mac, and nowadays, not so much.

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By Maldalain on Sunday, February 8, 2026 - 04:24

Yeah I am going through this. There are two workarounds: first to use the arrow keys with the VO keys (left option+CTRL). The other one is to navigate with the touchpad swipes.
HTH