Re: Feature request: submenu hysteresis

["James M. Cape" <jcape jcinteractive com>]

Pascal Haakmat wrote:
> 
> all,
> 
> wouldn't be a good idea if menus could be traversed diagonally without
> immediately selecting the items that you pass over? that's a real usability
> enhancement that shouldn't be too difficult.
> 
> more specifically, what i mean is this:
> 
> say you have a hierarchical menu with two submenus:
> 
>            +-----+
>            |     |
>            |*ub1>|+----------+
>            |Sub2>|| item 1   |
>            +-----+| item 2   |
>                   | item 3   |
>                   +----------+
> 
> the mouse position is indicated by the '*'. now if you want to select item
> number three, the movement you make is usually diagonal; ie. the shortest
> path from * to item 3. so the mouse pointer moves very briefly over Sub2,
> and in GTK applications, this causes the Sub1 menu to disappear.
> 
> in other words, you have to move the mouse very precisely, or you lose your
> target. how about implementing a miniscule delay before an expanded submenu
> is discarded?
> 
> thanks!

Read
[http://www.jcinteractive.com/gnome-ui/software/widgets/#widgets20],
this is already requested.

    Jim Cape
    http://www.jcinteractive.com

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