Fix for close button delay

Trying to find fix for this problem. On various windows the red Close button stops responding to mouse clicks until I stop pressing my mouse buttons for a delay of sometimes up to 1 second. Really annoying! :/
You can reproduce the problem easily with these steps:
Find an image and open it in Preview.
Click the dropdown in the top left corner that has options for Content Only, Thumbnails, etc...
Without closing the dropdown, click the window's red Close button quickly again and again. The dropdown closes but the Close button ignores input until you stop clicking for about 1 second.
I can get the same thing to happen in other windows (even Finder), and don't always need something extra (like a dropdown to be open) for the Close button to stop responding; I just used Preview as an example since this is easy to reproduce.
I am aware of https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2793530?start=0&tstart=0 but I didn't see a solution there. Increasing the double click speed is not a solution (I am fine with the double click speed default setting, and don't want it to be faster; plus it doesn't fix the problem at all in Preview).
Thanks

Did you try setting up another user account to see if the same thing happens? The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode.  Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application uninstaller. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
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