GNU bug report logs - #60510
30.0.50; [PATCH] Do not put pointer on first menu item in no-toolkit build

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Message #8 received at 60510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
Cc: 60510 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#60510: 30.0.50;
 [PATCH] Do not put pointer on first menu item in no-toolkit build
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:48:52 +0200

> From: Manuel Giraud <manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr>
> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2023 11:03:31 +0100
> 
> In no-toolkit build, when a menu appears the mouse pointer is on the
> first menu entry by default.  This means that a quick mouse
> click/release will select this first entry.  This patch, let the pointer
> on the menu title by default.  It seems to me to be a better default
> compared to what lucid build does for instance.  WDYT?

This is age-old behavior, common also with TTY menus.  We should at
least change all of them.  And frankly, I'm not sure we should change
it, after so many years.  Someone might depend on this behavior.

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