[haiku] Re: Behavior of popup menus
- From: pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:17:17 -0800
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 09:03:14PM +0200, Rimas Kudelis wrote:
>
> Can't the menu act like this:
>
> * On short click and release: stay on regardless of whether or not the
> mouse is on it; require second click to activate an item.
> * On long click, move, and release: activate the chosen item.
The problem is that a short click is liable to be accidental. I think
this is essentially what Travis is suggesting, but I'm not in favour of it.
>
> This is the way it works in Windows (and in Linux too, I think). I don't
> even see why this would need an OS preference. Or have I missed something?
I'll go back and look at Linux (don't have Windows). I don't think anyone
was suggesting adding a preference setting, were they?
Cheers,
-- Pete --
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