Bug 999598 - usability: gnome classic Application menu changes if you mouse straight to application
Summary: usability: gnome classic Application menu changes if you mouse straight to ap...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-shell-extensions
Version: 19
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Rahul Sundaram
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: 999599
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-08-21 16:39 UTC by Jeff Bastian
Modified: 2015-02-17 16:52 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
: 999599 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-02-17 16:52:00 UTC
Type: Bug
Embargoed:


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screenshot showing menu changing from Favorites to Internet (134.39 KB, image/png)
2013-08-21 16:39 UTC, Jeff Bastian
no flags Details

Description Jeff Bastian 2013-08-21 16:39:21 UTC
Created attachment 788931 [details]
screenshot showing menu changing from Favorites to Internet

Description of problem:
The Gnome Classic Session Application menu changes from Favorites to something else if you mouse straight to a favorite application because the path the cursor travels temporarily hovers over another menu.

For example, if you have
  Applications
     Favorites ------>  Documents
     Accessories        Empathy
     Graphics           Files
     Games              Firefox    
     Internet           Libreoffice Writer
     Office             Rhythmbox
     Sound & Video      Terminal

Say you want to open a Terminal window.  So you click on Applications in the upper-left corner of the screen and want to open a Terminal.  If you move the mouse in a straight line towards Terminal, the cursor will cross over the Accessories, Graphics, Games and Internet categories along the path and the menu will change to one of them (which one is unpredictable depending on timing and the exact path traveled) and *poof*, the Terminal icon you intended to click on is gone!

So now you have to go back and click on Favorites, then carefully move the mouse directly to the right to Documents, and then down to get to Terminal.

Please only change categories if you either
  1. click on a new category
  2. or hover for a minimum amount of time (0.25 second?  0.5 second?) over
     a new category

This will let you quickly drag the cursor directly to a Favorites item.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-shell-extension-apps-menu-3.8.3
gnome-shell-3.8.4

How reproducible:
every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start Gnome Classic session (or enable Applications Menu extension)
2. click on Applications in upper-left corner
3. move mouse directly to the bottom item in the Favorites list

Actual results:
the menu changes while you mouse to you favorite item

Expected results:
the menu stays the same so you can click on your favorite item

Additional info:

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