diff --git a/js/gdm/authPrompt.js b/js/gdm/authPrompt.js
index a0a4a21d6..78e0454e3 100644
--- a/js/gdm/authPrompt.js
+++ b/js/gdm/authPrompt.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const Animation = imports.ui.animation;
 const Batch = imports.gdm.batch;
 const GdmUtil = imports.gdm.util;
 const Params = imports.misc.params;
+const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 const ShellEntry = imports.ui.shellEntry;
 const Tweener = imports.ui.tweener;
 const UserWidget = imports.ui.userWidget;
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ var AuthPrompt = new Lang.Class({
                          x_align: St.Align.START });
         this._entry = new St.Entry({ style_class: 'login-dialog-prompt-entry',
                                      can_focus: true });
-        ShellEntry.addContextMenu(this._entry, { isPassword: true });
+        ShellEntry.addContextMenu(this._entry, { isPassword: true, actionMode: Shell.ActionMode.NONE });
 
         this.actor.add(this._entry,
                        { expand: true,
diff --git a/js/gdm/loginDialog.js b/js/gdm/loginDialog.js
index bf7967700..370590902 100644
--- a/js/gdm/loginDialog.js
+++ b/js/gdm/loginDialog.js
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ var SessionMenuButton = new Lang.Class({
                  this._button.remove_style_pseudo_class('active');
         });
 
-        this._manager = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuManager({ actor: this._button });
+        this._manager = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuManager({ actor: this._button },
+                                                       { actionMode: Shell.ActionMode.NONE });
         this._manager.addMenu(this._menu);
 
         this._button.connect('clicked', () => { this._menu.toggle(); });
diff --git a/js/ui/shellEntry.js b/js/ui/shellEntry.js
index 9db5136e6..09bb9bbd6 100644
--- a/js/ui/shellEntry.js
+++ b/js/ui/shellEntry.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const BoxPointer = imports.ui.boxpointer;
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
 const Params = imports.misc.params;
 const PopupMenu = imports.ui.popupMenu;
+const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 
 var EntryMenu = new Lang.Class({
     Name: 'ShellEntryMenu',
@@ -150,11 +151,12 @@ function addContextMenu(entry, params) {
     if (entry.menu)
         return;
 
-    params = Params.parse (params, { isPassword: false });
+    params = Params.parse (params, { isPassword: false, actionMode: Shell.ActionMode.POPUP });
 
     entry.menu = new EntryMenu(entry);
     entry.menu.isPassword = params.isPassword;
-    entry._menuManager = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuManager({ actor: entry });
+    entry._menuManager = new PopupMenu.PopupMenuManager({ actor: entry },
+                                                        { actionMode: params.actionMode });
     entry._menuManager.addMenu(entry.menu);
 
     // Add an event handler to both the entry and its clutter_text; the former