diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ContextMenu/WithContextMenu.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ContextMenu/WithContextMenu.tsx
index d439938d26e..207f793cbcd 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ContextMenu/WithContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/ContextMenu/WithContextMenu.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { ContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu/ContextMenu';
 
+export type OpenMenuFunction = <E extends HTMLElement>(e: React.KeyboardEvent<E> | React.MouseEvent<E>) => void;
+
 export interface WithContextMenuProps {
   /** Menu item trigger that accepts openMenu prop */
-  children: (props: { openMenu: React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLElement> }) => JSX.Element;
+  children: (props: { openMenu: OpenMenuFunction }) => JSX.Element;
   /** A function that returns an array of menu items */
   renderMenuItems: () => React.ReactNode;
   /** On menu open focus the first element */
@@ -19,11 +21,19 @@ export const WithContextMenu = ({ children, renderMenuItems, focusOnOpen = true
     <>
       {children({
         openMenu: (e) => {
+          let x = 0;
+          let y = 0;
+          if ('pageX' in e) {
+            x = e.pageX;
+            y = e.pageY - window.scrollY;
+          } else if ('currentTarget' in e) {
+            const target = e.currentTarget;
+            const rect = target.getBoundingClientRect();
+            x = rect.left + rect.width / 2 + window.scrollX;
+            y = rect.top + rect.height / 2 + window.scrollY;
+          }
           setIsMenuOpen(true);
-          setMenuPosition({
-            x: e.pageX,
-            y: e.pageY - window.scrollY,
-          });
+          setMenuPosition({ x, y });
         },
       })}
 
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.test.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.test.tsx
index 64d7049d8d4..c7f675423a9 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.test.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 
 import { DataLinksContextMenu } from './DataLinksContextMenu';
 
 const fakeAriaLabel = 'fake aria label';
+
 describe('DataLinksContextMenu', () => {
   it('renders context menu when there are more than one data links', () => {
     render(
@@ -24,9 +26,7 @@ describe('DataLinksContextMenu', () => {
           },
         ]}
       >
-        {() => {
-          return <div aria-label="fake aria label" />;
-        }}
+        {() => <div aria-label={fakeAriaLabel} />}
       </DataLinksContextMenu>
     );
 
@@ -46,13 +46,76 @@ describe('DataLinksContextMenu', () => {
           },
         ]}
       >
-        {() => {
-          return <div aria-label="fake aria label" />;
-        }}
+        {() => <div aria-label={fakeAriaLabel} />}
       </DataLinksContextMenu>
     );
 
     expect(screen.getByLabelText(fakeAriaLabel)).toBeInTheDocument();
     expect(screen.getByTestId(selectors.components.DataLinksContextMenu.singleLink)).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  it('does not render anything when there are no data links', () => {
+    render(<DataLinksContextMenu links={() => []}>{() => <div aria-label={fakeAriaLabel} />}</DataLinksContextMenu>);
+
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(fakeAriaLabel)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId(selectors.components.DataLinksContextMenu.singleLink)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText(selectors.components.Menu.MenuComponent('Context'))).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  describe('openMenu function', () => {
+    it('accepts mouse event', async () => {
+      render(
+        <DataLinksContextMenu
+          links={() => [
+            {
+              href: '/link1',
+              title: 'Link1',
+              target: '_blank',
+              origin: {},
+            },
+            {
+              href: '/link2',
+              title: 'Link2',
+              target: '_blank',
+              origin: {},
+            },
+          ]}
+        >
+          {({ openMenu }) => <div aria-label={fakeAriaLabel} onClick={openMenu} />}
+        </DataLinksContextMenu>
+      );
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(fakeAriaLabel));
+
+      expect(screen.getByLabelText(selectors.components.Menu.MenuComponent('Context'))).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('accepts keyboard event', async () => {
+      render(
+        <DataLinksContextMenu
+          links={() => [
+            {
+              href: '/link1',
+              title: 'Link1',
+              target: '_blank',
+              origin: {},
+            },
+            {
+              href: '/link2',
+              title: 'Link2',
+              target: '_blank',
+              origin: {},
+            },
+          ]}
+        >
+          {({ openMenu }) => <div tabIndex={0} aria-label={fakeAriaLabel} onKeyDown={openMenu} />}
+        </DataLinksContextMenu>
+      );
+
+      await userEvent.click(screen.getByLabelText(fakeAriaLabel));
+      await userEvent.keyboard('Enter');
+
+      expect(screen.getByLabelText(selectors.components.Menu.MenuComponent('Context'))).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.tsx
index 5e3b71cbe73..26618bfdc55 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DataLinks/DataLinksContextMenu.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { CSSProperties, type JSX } from 'react';
-import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { ActionModel, GrafanaTheme2, LinkModel } from '@grafana/data';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 
 import { useStyles2 } from '../../themes/ThemeContext';
 import { linkModelToContextMenuItems } from '../../utils/dataLinks';
-import { WithContextMenu } from '../ContextMenu/WithContextMenu';
+import { WithContextMenu, OpenMenuFunction } from '../ContextMenu/WithContextMenu';
 import { MenuGroup, MenuItemsGroup } from '../Menu/MenuGroup';
 import { MenuItem } from '../Menu/MenuItem';
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ export interface DataLinksContextMenuProps {
 }
 
 export interface DataLinksContextMenuApi {
-  openMenu?: React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLOrSVGElement>;
+  openMenu?: OpenMenuFunction;
   targetClassName?: string;
 }
 
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export const DataLinksContextMenu = ({ children, links, style }: DataLinksContex
         }}
       </WithContextMenu>
     );
-  } else {
+  } else if (linksCounter === 1) {
     const linkModel = links()[0];
     return (
       <a
@@ -80,6 +79,8 @@ export const DataLinksContextMenu = ({ children, links, style }: DataLinksContex
         {children({})}
       </a>
     );
+  } else {
+    return <>{children({})}</>;
   }
 };