163084 - Menus & bookmark folders should require keystroke or mouse click to activate

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XUL, defect)

Description

[Felix Miata]

Menus follow mouse pointer is a windoze behavior that should not be inflicted
upon OS/2 users unless they ask for it via non-default preference. Such behavior
in OS/2 is a usability handicap.

Comment 1

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Attachment: Fix for problem

This patch allows a delay time of -1, and if this is set, the timer never gets
kicked off.

Works pretty well.

Comment 2

[timeless]

Comment on attachment 96107 [details] [diff] [review]
Fix for problem

indent this line
+      // Kick off the timer if the delay is > -1.
for r=timeless

Comment 3

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Comment on attachment 96107 [details] [diff] [review]
Fix for problem

Hyatt, could you take a look at this one?

Only matters if you set the timer value to -1.

Thanks

Comment 4

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

Emulating the OS/2 behavior would require lots of code change to match all the 
subtleties.

I have investigated this and it is just not feasible.

This is not something people complain about in the OS/2 browser.

Comment 5

[Felix Miata]

user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", -1); has the desired effect in bookmarks. How can
it be so hard to implement this in other menus?

Comment 6

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

The delay isn't enough. There are lots of other subtleties that would have to be
done.

1. Holding the mouse button down while moving around a menu should highlight
those items.

2. Clicking on an item should highlight it and then select it

3. Clicking on an item in the menu bar and then moving the mouse to another menu
item shouldn't do anything at all.

To get the total OS/2 behavior would be a great deal of work and it's simply not
worth the effort.