GNU bug report logs - #7742
C-g does not dismiss popup menus on Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 10993

Found in versions 24.0.94, 24.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 7742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: bug#7742: 24.0.50; C-g does not dismiss popup menus
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:15:17 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:51:33 +0200
> Cc: 7742 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:
> 
> > C-mouse-3 in some buffer, to bring up the popup menu.  C-g does not
> > dismiss the menu - you are trapped in the menu dialog/interaction.  You
> > must do something like click mouse-1 outside the menu to dismiss it.
> >
> > Admittedly, it is usually easier in this context to click mouse-1 than
> > to hit C-g on the keyboard.  Still, C-g should DTRT.
> 
> This works for me now, so I guess it has been fixed.

Not on Windows.  (There are good technical reasons why this doesn't
work on Windows.  ESC does work, btw.)
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