Re: Overlapping Submenus?

... that would work, but when you were using the mouse to open
the menu, it is pretty cumbersome to put away the mouse, switch
over to the keyboard to hit one key and then grasp the mouse again ...

Regards,
                 Peter

Aaron Leventhal wrote:

> 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
> >
>