Pressing Enter in Navigation to launch the last previously selected RDP session - now frequently Pins Navigation instead of launching RDP session

Pressing Enter in Navigation to launch the last previously selected RDP session - now frequently Pins Navigation instead of launching RDP session

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Version: 2026.3.12.0 64-bit on Windows 11

Reasoning: I'm the type of person that tries to use my keyboard more than mouse whenever possible. All I use RDM for is RDP, and have for many years, so this is largely a big annoyance because of years of trained muscle memory...

Backstory: Frequently, I'm often reconnecting to the last RDP session that I last connected too. When opening the Navigation sidebar, the last RDP session you connected too, remains highlighted. I keep my Navigation bar unpinned at all times and collapsed, for more screen real estate when I launch an RDP session docked in the main RDM window, which is almost how I always use RDM.

Usage: So, for many years now, if I wanted to simply reconnect to the last session I had previously connected too, I would simply click the Navigation bar to show it, then press ENTER on my keyboard, so that it would simply initiate the connection to that same server since it remained selected in the list still.

Problem: Sometime in the last few builds - something has changed in this regard. Now, sometimes when I'd open the Navigation bar, and press ENTER - instead of it connecting to the last session that is still shown as selected - it instead, Pins the Navigation Bar! When this happens the "Pin" icon changes to indicate it's now pinned; and my session is not launched. If I press ENTER again - it now launches the requested session as expected; except now that since the Navigation bar is now Pinned - this causes the session to open in a partial window with the navigation bar space removed from it. This makes it so that I have to disconnect, unpin the Navigation bar, and then re-connect so that it connects at the expected size.

Workaround: If I simply double click on the server name in the list, rather than pressing ENTER, I avoid this behavior. But, I'm frequently not remembering to do this per Reasoning above, leading to a frustration I'm running into daily now since this bug was introduced...

Screenshot: Trying to show what I'm meaning below. As shown I've got a server name already selected. But often times (I can't figure out why this happens sometimes and not others?!), upon pressing ENTER, instead of it launching that session, it instead, interacts with the Pin icon I'm pointing to instead, causing the Navigation bar to Pin.

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