GNU bug report logs - #64440
30.0.50; [PATCH] Highlight on non toolkit menu bar items

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 64440 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr
Subject: bug#64440: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Highlight on non toolkit menu bar items
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:06:58 +0800

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> no other program on Unix systems highlight menu bar entries as the
>> mouse pointer enters them.
>
> I don't think that's true?  See the below screenshots.
>
> X11:
> https://i.stack.imgur.com/TjgyR.png
>
> Gnome:
> https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/08_gnome_desktop_with_menu.png
>
> KDE:
> https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/kde-kicks-off-2017-in-style-with-kde-plasma-5-9-beta-brings-back-global-menus-511786-4.jpg

These are menu entries, not menu _bar_ entries.  The latter are not
highlighted upon the mouse entering them, but after they are selected,
making this all moot in Emacs as the popup menu obscures the menu bar.

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