Re: [Usability] few things



On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 10:54 +0100, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> Menus are popped up with gtk_menu_popup() which takes a callback
> function that lets the app position the menu wherever it wants. However,
> the default one (that most apps use) puts the menu such that its where
> the mouse pointer is (making sure the whole menu is visible if its near
> a screen edge). However, doing this means the mouse pointer will be over
> the first (or last) menu item and thus it will be selected when you
> release.

For me, the popups are a few pixels away from the pointer.  I've just
checked this in Nautilus, evolution, gnome-terminal, epiphany and
gossip.  The popup menu corner is positioned at the cursor, but there is
a few pixels of padding around the menu itself.

Ross
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