Description of problem: If a menu popup is too large for the screen (as in some GNOME application menus), the menu has arrows to scroll through the items list. Thus it takes very long to e.g. reach a menu item at the end of the list. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gtk2-2.3.2-3 How reproducible: Easy. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open e.g. GNOME Start menu -> Other Actual results: As described. Expected results: IMO it would be best to try to layout the menu in columns besides each other instead of the scroller thing. If that's not feasible, it would be good if you could "jump" a larger amount by clicking on an arrow.
Is your start menu broken with everything thrown into a single category or something? Applications need to avoid creating such long menus, that's really the only answer here. With GTK+-2.4.0 it's actually possible for apps to create gridded menus, but this is not generally useful. Note also there are two scroll speeds based on where you are on the menu arrow.