0001527: cascaded menus can be inaccessible

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0001527

[tweak] Any

major

always

07-22-05 21:58

12-10-05 05:31

Reporter

elenzil

View Status

public

Assigned To

andreas

Priority

normal

Resolution

fixed

Status

resolved

Summary

0001527: cascaded menus can be inaccessible

Description

i'm sure this is already known,
but thought i'd fill it in anyhow.

cascading menus have two layout bugs currently:

1. they get clipped by the right-hand edge of the main tweak window.
   i think this is fairly well-known.

2. when they try to avoid getting clipped as above,
   by expanding to the left side of their parent menu rather than the right,
   a gap of about 60 pixels is introduced between the parent and child.

   this is a serious user-interaction problem because underneath that gap
   is usually more parent menu, which, when moused-over in an attempt to get
   to the new child menu, closes the child menu.

i will now use the word 'menu' three more times in this post.

menu, menu.

menu.

Additional Information

Attached Files

submenugap.png [^] (25,093 bytes) 07-22-05 21:58

tweaksubmenudisplacement.png [^] (158,636 bytes) 09-06-05 21:29

Relationships

has duplicate

0001719

resolved

andreas

menu can not be seen if opened at the bottom right of the tweak window/screen

Notes
(0001900 - 168 - 180 - 180 - 180 - 180 - 180) elenzil 07-22-05 22:01	..looking more closely at the attached screenshot, i would hazard a guess that the child menu is positioning its left edge as if it were the same width as its parent.

(0002624 - 67 - 67 - 67 - 67 - 67 - 67) elenzil 09-06-05 21:31	.. added another screenshot showing incorrect submenu displacement.

(0003239 - 152 - 152 - 152 - 152 - 152 - 152) bert 12-09-05 10:35	The recent fix works only for the initial display of the submenu. When mousing over to a different submenu and back to the first, it's still off-screen.

(0003257 - 15 - 15 - 15 - 15 - 15 - 15) andreas 12-10-05 05:31	Fixed. Finally.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
07-22-05 21:58	elenzil	New Issue
07-22-05 21:58	elenzil	File Added: submenugap.png
07-22-05 22:01	elenzil	Note Added: 0001900
09-06-05 21:29	elenzil	File Added: tweaksubmenudisplacement.png
09-06-05 21:31	elenzil	Note Added: 0002624
12-09-05 10:33	bert	Relationship added	has duplicate 0001719
12-09-05 10:35	bert	Note Added: 0003239
12-10-05 05:31	andreas	Status	new => resolved
12-10-05 05:31	andreas	Resolution	open => fixed
12-10-05 05:31	andreas	Assigned To	=> andreas
12-10-05 05:31	andreas	Note Added: 0003257

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