Re: gtk-menu-popup-delay

From: Hongli Lai <hongli plan99 net>
To: Mark Howard <mh tildemh com>
Cc: Performance-list gnome org
Subject: Re: gtk-menu-popup-delay
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:08:06 +0200

Mark Howard wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone explain why the gtk-menu-popup-delay property defaults to
255ms? I think this is one of the reasons at least that gnome appears
to be so slow to many people. I've set it to default to 0 in my local
jhbuild environment and the panel menus seem much more responsive.

Probably for usability reasons. If submenus appear immediately uponmouseover, you'll lose the currently open submenu when you accidentallymoves your mouse outside the current submenu's space. MS Windows alsobehaves similarily, though their delay is longer than GTK's. Yet peoplecomplain more about GTK's speed than Windows's speed.

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- gtk-menu-popup-delay
  - From: Mark Howard

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