Re: right click *in* a menu

[Paul Davis <paul linuxaudiosystems com>]

2010/12/6 Jernej Simončič <jernej|s-gmane eternallybored org>:
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:34:36 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
>
>> I'm wishing for that as well all the time. I wonder who came up with the
>> idea that there's only ever one thing you want to do in a menu. Didn't
>> know anyone was clever enough to implement something as complex as
>> "don't close menu if right-clicked" or "don't close if modifier is
>> pressed when menu-item is clicked".
>
> Am I the only one who thinks that having a menu you don't want to close
> after making a selection means a badly designed UI?

well, i think it implies being able to use a menu like a dialog
window. i'm not convinced that this is obviously a good thing, but its
not obviously bad either.