Dropdown menus go away too soon to make a selection

How do I fix the amount of time my computer will give me to make a selection in a dropdown menu? Over the last few months when I click on anything, whether its navigating my mac, or on websites where you have to select your date of birth, or state you live in the drop down menu goes away too fast to make a selection. Is this a random bug that is easy to fix? If so how?
Thanks

Are you using the Tap to Click feature of the trackpad? (This is set in Trackpad system preferences.) If Tap to Click is on, sometimes it's too easy to accidentally tap and make a menu go away.

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