Shift doesn't stop me moving

Is this a bug or intended?

When i hold shift to stop my char from moving it only works when clicking directly on a monster.

If i miss the monster slightly when clicking (which happens a lot due to how small the targeting hitboxes are on monsters when zoomed out) or it dies and im still clicking to attack it my char will start moving.

Or even clicking on an item or chest/barrel in the middle of a group of monsters will have my char move towards the enemies
is it not working right or was it designed this way and if so can we have an option for shift to disable ALL movement while held.

very frustrating when using a bow and constantly moving into the enemies when im trying to kite them.
thanks

J