On Wed, 2025-10-22 at 14:12 -0400, Bric wrote: > > > On 10/22/2025 3:51 AM EDT Richard Shann <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 2025-10-21 at 14:40 -0400, Bric wrote: > > > Attaching screen video showing the issue I have lived with for > > > many > > > many years (the benefits have been outweighing the pain) > > > > > > > > > Perusing denemo menus on Linux has involved incessant lockups and > > > workflow disruption: > > > > > > I hover over menu items, that triggers tooltips, which then lock > > > everything until I mouse over back to the tooltip, which then > > > unlocks > > > everything... but then the cycle can repeat immediately (and that > > > is > > > functionally random and creates a chaotic, maddening experience) > > > > > > The attachment "denemo-menu-locking-issue.mp4" shows the issue. > > > I > > > didn't trim it maximally, leaving some dead moments, so as to > > > show > > > continuous, unedited flow. (About a minute long) > > > > > > I was finally able to fix this! As shown in denemo-menu-locking- > > > fixed.mp4. > > > > > > The fix involves using GTK's GTK_WINDOW_POPUP as type > > > GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_TOOLTIP > > > > Great! something that annoys me too. > > > > Can you post the code that fixes this (e.g. as a patch)? > > > > Here it is. Should be applicable to 2.6.39 (that's the version my > build shows), without any prior patching
Did you mean 2.6.49? That is the current version ... I've applied the fix (with some tweaks for the elderly!) and committed it to the repository now. Look forward to the other patches! With thanks for your work Richard > > (However, my patch for the Command Center and other ones depend on > this patch)
