Re: FVWM: Strange menu behaviour

From: Olivier Chapuis <olivier.chapuis_at_free.fr>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 00:21:37 +0200

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 08:04:40PM +0200, stu wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> I'm using fvwm 2.5.7. When I popup a menu using my mouse eg
>
> Mouse 3 R A Menu Debian
>
> the mouse pointer is positioned on the title of the menu.
> However, when I popup a menu using a shortcut key eg
>
> Key Escape A C Menu Debian
>
> the mouse pointer is positioned on the first item *under* the menu
> title. When I use the 'Popup' command the result is the same. If I use a
> different shortcut key the result is the same.
>
> Does anyone know if this is normal for fvwm, and if so, how I might
> achieve having my mouse pointer positioned on the menu title, rather
> than on the first item under the title, when I pop the menu up from a
> shortcut key?
>

I think that the behavior you describe is intentional. There are
surely good reasons for that (e.g., keyboard menu navigation is for
expert which want fast navigation?).

> I have tried creating a function that moves my mouse pointer after the
> menu has been popped up :
>
> AddToFunc PopupRootMenu I Menu Debian
> + I CursorMove 0p -10p
>
> but this only moves my mouse pointer after the menu has terminated.
>

I do not think that there is a workaround ... maybe in the future
a config option.

Regards, Olivier
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Received on Sat Aug 09 2003 - 02:46:29 BST

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