[haiku] Re: Behavior of popup menus

  • From: "Travis D. Reed" <tdreed@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:10:50 -0600

>
> I'm strongly of the opinion that the BeOS behaviour is correct, and Haiku
>>> should be made to conform to that.
>>
>>
>> I'm downloading an old R5 now to test some things out. Thank you for your
>> feedback! I'm thinking that the Mouse preflet option sounds nice.
>>
>
> Hmmm...the menus in BeOS seem to behave like the ones in Haiku with my
> patch. (See Magnify.)
>
> Wait...hmmm...how odd! Because my emulated screen in BeOS is so small, I
was mistaken. If the menu in BeOS is nudged over (because it would otherwise
fall off the screen), it stays up like the patch. However, in normal bounds,
it disappears without choosing an option (better behavior than default
Haiku). That seems silly. I'm still in favor of my patch. :)

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