submenu expansion delay
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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GTK+ |
Expired
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Low
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gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In the top panel of the GNOME desktop, say I have clicked on the "Applications" menu. This brings up a list of menu items. Now I move the mouse pointer down to the "Internet" menu item and I expect the "Internet" submenu to appear. However, sometimes the system will get preoccupied with loading the "Accessories" submenu as I move my mouse cursor past it.
Result: If it is still loading that submenu by the time my cursor has reached the "Internet" menu item, it will take a second or two before the system realizes that it has to expand the "Internet" submenu since that is what my cursor is currently hovering on.
Expected result: The expected behavior is for the system to immediately start loading whatever submenu the user's mouse pointer is currently hovering on, rather than impose a delay if a submenu you have moused over is still in the process of being loaded.
I consciously notice this issue most often in the Applications menu and the System menu of the top GNOME panel. However, I suspect it is a GTK bug and thus might affect any GTK menu in the system. This bug is not a huge issue, but it is slightly annoying and does increase the perceived latency of the menu system from the user's standpoint.
I am using libgtk2.0-0 2.12.9-3ubuntu4 under Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron).
affects: | gnome-menus (Ubuntu) → gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gtk+2.0 (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) → nobody |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gtk: | |
importance: | Unknown → Low |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in gtk: | |
status: | New → Expired |
Would you say this occurs with compiz enabled?
It MAY in fact be the GTK theme you are using, can you try using different themes and try it again?