Why won't my folders open when I  click on them?

My Mac has been doing some irritating things over the past month or so. When I click on an arrow to open a folder with multiple subfolders, for instance, it often won't open. I have to click it repeatedly. It will finally open. Or if I click on something in the menu bar, it won't remain open. I have to keep the key depressed. These things don't happen all the time but frequently enough to become annoying. I hope this isn't the prelude to a major crash. I regularly run maintenance scripts. I hope someone can suggest a solution.
Thanks for helping me with this.
Doug

At the bottom of your mail window there is a bar with one dot in the middle of it.
Just double click on this bar or click and drag up to open the message preview window.
Hope this helps.

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