
Hi, here is simple example to reproduce issue:
<ribbon:RibbonWindow x:Class="TestBackStage.Shell"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:docking="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/docking"
xmlns:ribbon="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/ribbon"
xmlns:themes="http://schemas.actiprosoftware.com/winfx/xaml/themes"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
mc:Ignorable="d"
WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
RenderOptions.ClearTypeHint="Enabled"
ShowInTaskbar="True"
MinHeight="480"
MinWidth="640"
d:DesignHeight="480"
d:DesignWidth="640"
AllowsTransparency="False"
themes:ThemeProperties.IsTransparencyModeEnabled="False">
<ribbon:RibbonWindow.Resources>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}" x:Key="ReadOnlyValueStyle">
<Setter Property="Margin" Value="12,0,0,0"/>
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Gray"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="22"/>
<Setter Property="Width" Value="150"/>
<Setter Property="VerticalAlignment" Value="Center"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12"/>
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
<Setter Property="HorizontalAlignment" Value="Left"/>
</Style>
<Style TargetType="{x:Type TextBlock}" x:Key="NameStyle">
<Setter Property="Foreground" Value="Black"/>
<Setter Property="Height" Value="22"/>
<Setter Property="FontSize" Value="12"/>
<Setter Property="SnapsToDevicePixels" Value="True"/>
</Style>
</ribbon:RibbonWindow.Resources>
<DockPanel>
<!-- Ribbon Control -->
<ribbon:Ribbon x:Name="_ribbon" DockPanel.Dock="Top" >
<ribbon:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
<!-- Backstage (Could alternatively use ApplicationMenu control) -->
<ribbon:Backstage x:Name="appMenu">
<ribbon:BackstageTab Name="Info" Header="Info" KeyTipAccessText="I">
<DockPanel Margin="18,0,0,0">
<ribbon:Separator DockPanel.Dock="Top" Label="Document Properties" Context="BackstageItem"/>
<Grid Grid.Row="1" Margin="10,10,0,0">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="Auto"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="Auto"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<TextBlock Text="Name"
Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="0"
Style="{StaticResource NameStyle}"/>
<TextBlock
Text="NewDocument1"
x:Name="name"
Grid.Row="0"
Grid.Column="1"
Style="{StaticResource ReadOnlyValueStyle}"/>
<TextBlock Text="Status"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="0"
Style="{StaticResource NameStyle}"/>
<ribbon:PopupButton Label="Draft"
FontSize="12"
Grid.Row="1"
Grid.Column="1"
Context="BackstageItem"
VariantSize="Small"
Margin="9,-6,0,0"
Padding="1,0,1,1"
Foreground="Gray"
HorizontalAlignment="Left"
VerticalAlignment="Center"
VerticalContentAlignment="Center"
Height="21">
<ribbon:Menu ItemVariantSize="Small">
<ribbon:Button Label="Draft"/>
<ribbon:Button Label="Final"/>
</ribbon:Menu>
</ribbon:PopupButton>
</Grid>
</DockPanel>
</ribbon:BackstageTab>
</ribbon:Backstage>
</ribbon:Ribbon.ApplicationMenu>
<ribbon:Ribbon.Tabs>
<ribbon:Tab Label="Home" KeyTipAccessText="H">
<ribbon:Group Label="Clipboard" />
<ribbon:Group Label="Editing" />
</ribbon:Tab>
</ribbon:Ribbon.Tabs>
</ribbon:Ribbon>
<docking:DockSite
x:Name="_site"
x:FieldModifier="public"
ToolWindowsHaveOptions="False"
ToolWindowsHaveTitleBars="True"
AreDocumentWindowsDestroyedOnClose="True"
CanToolWindowsRaft="False"
CanToolWindowsClose="True"
CanToolWindowsAutoHide="False"
AutoHidePerContainer="False">
<docking:SplitContainer Orientation="Vertical">
<docking:SplitContainer Orientation="Horizontal">
<docking:ToolWindowContainer x:Name="_left" docking:DockSite.ControlSize="130, 500" />
<docking:Workspace>
<docking:TabbedMdiHost IsImageOnTab="True">
<docking:TabbedMdiContainer x:Name="_tabbedMdiContainer" />
</docking:TabbedMdiHost>
</docking:Workspace>
<docking:ToolWindowContainer x:Name="_right" docking:DockSite.ControlSize="500, 500" />
</docking:SplitContainer>
<docking:ToolWindowContainer x:Name="_bottom" docking:DockSite.ControlSize="500, 100" />
</docking:SplitContainer>
</docking:DockSite>
</DockPanel>
</ribbon:RibbonWindow>
When i click on any PopupButtom item backstage closing. I expect that menu close on menu item click and backstage don`t.