[openbox] OB not rendering all items in a menu when moused over fast

[Troy Curtis Jr]

I was just playing with it and it actually took me a minute to even figure
out what you were talking about.  It seemed to behave perfectly for me.
Then I realized if I really looked for it, it did not render each submenu as
I passed over it.

Now, to me this make sense...why waste time rendering something the user
doesn't want.  Because at least on my system it has be really fast to even
notice the effect.  Or maybe I just don't have big enough menus to have the
effect be annoying.

It seems to me like you actually want to put some delay on it, albiet very
small, especially when you get into pipe menus because on a slow system
(mine is only 1Ghz with 256 MB ram) those extra instructions might cause it
drag.

Just my opinion. Of course I'm the same guy who thinks you ought to be able
to click and drag maximized windows around...so what do I know?

Troy

On 2/17/06, David Barr <david at chalkskeletons.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 19:25 -0800, Adam Gent wrote:
> > Take one moment and open up a gtk menu, qt menu, fluxbox menu, blackbox
> > menu or even a windows 2000/xp menu. Now move your mouse quickley up
> > and down the menu. What you will see is that all items in the menu get
> > highlighted/raised when the mouse is over it even when you move the
> > mouse very fast.
> >
> this is true!
>
> > Now my friends do this with openbox 3 and you will notice that once you
> > move the mouse fast enough the menu gets stuck on an item and does not
> > highlight items under the mouse until you slow down. I swear I don't
> > know why no one has complained about this before...
>
> i think why, is that it is a fruitless task to move your mouse so fast,
> i, for one have never really tried it, but i see now what you mean.
>
> > I feel like I am
> > taking crazy pills (Zoolander). Its as though the openbox is
> > dropping/ignoring the mouse Xevents because the rendering engine can't
> > keep up.
>
> fair point, you are probably not crazy, congratulations.
>
> > This menu behavior makes it feel like the openbox 3 is slow when we all
> > know its not.
> >
> the menus in openbox are a bit hacky, it is not a secret :)
>
> i doubt i have the ability to fix them, but if anyone is looking for a
> mini project, mikael is a busy bunny...
>
>
> > -Adam
> >
>
> cheers
>
> David
>
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