>> The current action of menus works like this:
>>
>> menu (possible click) --> popup of submenu
>>
>> Which is great. What I am wanting/wondering is if it is possible to
>> do something like:
>>
>> menu (and if clicked before the popup occurs, then launch an
>> application) --> else popup submenu.
>>
>> What do people think of this?
DV> It's an interesting idea. But if we ever have configurable actions
DV> for different keys or mouse buttons it's probably easier to just
DV> configure button 3 to the special action.
But different actions for one menu item is not implemented in fvwm.
Am I wrong?
BTW,
Menu of my dreams :) is such menu, where I can emulate emacs-like
keybindings. For example:
AddToMenu XtermMenu
+ N x "Just xterm" Exec exec xterm
+ C x "xterm with mc" Exec exec xterm -e mc
^ ^- shortcut key
\modificator.
N - without modificators (so I just press Enter or "x" for run xterm),
C - control (so I press Control-Enter or Control-x for run xterm with
mc), and so on like key binding.
Also in such menu possible to use next constructions:
N x "xv" Exec exec xv
C x "xv" Exec exec xv `xclip -o`
In this case in menu must show only one item "xv". I.e. if text for
menu items is the same, menu items should be one. But this behaviour
should be discussed anyway (how to show different keybindings in
rendered menu? should be modificators affect mouse clicks or not?). I
just give an example.
DV> One possible difficulty I see is that the popup delay is usually
DV> not configured so that a human can do something before the menu
DV> pops up. It is meant to protect against menus popping up when the
DV> pointer passes over them. For example, in my setup (extremely fast
DV> pointer movement with a trackball), it's impossible to hit a menu
DV> item reliably in less than one or two seconds.
Also many people not use mouse for navigation in menu. I use
shortcuts, and usability of this method is very high.
PS: sorry for bad english, if somebody not understood me I can try to
explain :)
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Ruslan Kosolapov
Plesk QA Department Second Manager
SWsoft, Inc.
E-mail: rkosolapov_at_sw-soft.com
Web Site: www.sw-soft.com
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Received on Mon Jun 14 2004 - 11:47:31 BST