GNU bug report logs - #45820
menu-bar-mode: show drop-down menu instead of tmm-menubar in terminal Emacs

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Message #8 received at 45820 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tim Lee <progscriptclone <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 45820 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45820: menu-bar-mode: show drop-down menu instead of
 tmm-menubar in terminal Emacs
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 20:09:10 +0200

> From: Tim Lee <progscriptclone <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 23:30:31 +0800
> 
> The problem: In terminal Emacs, clicking on an item in the menu bar will open "tmm-menubar".

Which terminal is that, and what kind of mouse support does it use?
If you are using xt-mouse, then what you want is already implemented
in what will become the next major release, Emacs 28.

If you are using some other mouse support, please describe that.

> However, there are serious flaws with this "solution":

Yes, they were all recently fixed for xt-mouse.

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