Re: Sticky Cascading Menus?

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

Chris Quinn <cq htec demon co uk> writes:
> I've just joined the list after having scoured the gtk header files,
> mail archives and faq for the answer to my seemingly trivial
> problem... so my apologies if I am insulting the collective
> intelligence of the list!
>
> I was putting up with having to keep the left mouse button depressed
> while navigating a cascading menu, lest it should disappear 4-deep
> and force me to start again! I then noticed on another box using the
> framebuffer X server, that each menu only required a click to remain
> posted, and so I could navigate with a relaxed hand.  Although this
> anomaly I am sure is not down to gtk, I am wondering if there is a
> way to ensure this behaviour through the gtk interface. After
> trawling the headers I am no closer to a solution.
>
> Does anyone have the answer?

GTK never requires you to hold down the button, AFAICS.
The menu only comes down on button release if you have a menuitem
currently selected.

Havoc