Re: Overlapping Submenus?

Peter,

I'll look into that, but what about just hitting Enter 
or right arrow?

- Aaron

Peter Daum wrote:
> 
> Like in most modern software, in Mozilla submenus will pop up side
> by side with the main menu without any overlap. In the "File" menu,
> for example, when you mark the entry "New" a submenu will pop up.
> In order to choose an entry in that submenu, you have to move the mouse
> pointer over to the submenu exactly horizontally, which is a pretty
> hard thing to do even for non-disabled people (particularly on a laptop
> with a touchpad!). The slightest aberration will cause the submenu to
> disappear.
> 
> Is there any way to configure mozilla so submenus will overlap?
> (Or maybe some way to configure the way GTKs menus behave in general?)
> To illustrate what I am looking for, here's a little picture:
> (I hope, you use a non-proportional font!)
> 
> What Mozilla does:                  What I want:
> 
>      -------------                      -------------
>      | Menu      |                      | Menu      |
>      | xxxxxxx>  |-----------           | xxxxxxx>-----------
>      | .....     || SubMenu |           | .....   | SubMenu |
>      | ....      || ..      |           | ....    | ..      |
>      | .....     || .. .    |           | .....   | .. .    |
>      |           || . ..    |           |         | . ..    |
>      |---------  || ......  |           |---------| ......  |
>                   | ...     |                     | ...     |
>                   |         |                     |         |
>                   -----------                     -----------
> 
> Menus that behave this way are much easier to handle!
> (The "traditional" menu style in fvwm, for example, looks like this)
> 
> A little side note: When searching google for a solution, I found
> the recommendation to experiment with the option "ui.submenuDelay",
> which also looked like it would make things a little easier. However,
> at least in Mozilla 1.2b, this option doesn't seem to have any effect.
> 
> Any thoughts?
>                 Peter Daum
>