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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Anybody like the new KDE start menu?
From:       Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer () home ! nl>
Date:       2006-12-12 15:16:32
Message-ID: 200612121616.32931.leen.meyer () home ! nl
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On Tuesday 12 December 2006 01:54, John Andersen wrote:
> On Monday 11 December 2006 12:07, Leendert Meyer wrote:
> > As for your bug-report, I did read it, but could not understand
> > your problem. (Is discussing that here off-topic?)
>
> Its not a bug report, its a wishlist item.

Ok. ;)

> Click K to pop up the menu
> Slide mouse straight pointer up to Multimedia, and hover there.
> Submenu appears

Ah, now I understand you.

> Now to select a sub menu item, you have to slide your mouse
> pointer straight across with out falling off (above or below) the
> multimedia line.

Not true. :) The mouse pointer may fall off, I don't care when it 
does, but I make sure that, when the pointer is near the edge of the 
menu, I have the right item selected. If not, I re-select it, and 
then I slide a short distance to the right, and move into the 
sub-menu.

When I search / browse the KDE-menu, I first move the pointer near 
the right edge, then slide up/down to let the sub-menus appear. If I 
found what I looked for, I only have to move a short distance into 
the sub-menu.

> The higher the resolution the harder this is to 
> do, extremely tricky with a trackball or a touch pad mouse.

Indeed, it is. But the crucial point in time when the item of your 
choice *has* to be selected, is upon the movement from the parent 
menu into the sub-menu.

> If the submenu appeared immediately to the right of the
> cursor this would be much faster, easier, and even possible
> with notebook touch-pads.

Agreed. But it would cover the parent menu (partly), and I'm not sure 
if I would like that (probably not).

I have no experience with notebooks, touch-pads or their 
combination. ;)

But it is possible to navigate menus with the arrow-keys, although 
it's weird to move into a sub-menu on the left by pressing the 
right-arrow-key.

BTW, does playing with the mouse pointer accelleration/treshold 
settings help?

Cheers,

Leen
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