On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 09:41 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 19:45 -0400, Carpetnailz wrote:
> > When I click on the "Message" menu item in Evo (3.4.4 on Fedora 17),
> > instead of opening the menu, it opens a new message. The only way I can
> > get the Message menu dropdown to open is to remember to click-and-hold
> > the mouse button down until it opens. This seems contrary to how menu
> > items always work, in my experience.
> 
> Before this thread drags on much further, it's worth pointing out that
> Evolution uses stock GTK+ menu widgets in its main menu.  Evolution does
> not control the placement of the pop-up menu, nor the way it responds to
> clicks.  That's all handled by GTK+.
> 
> The fact that you're getting a new composer window when clicking on the
> Message menu is likely related to the fact that "Compose New Message" is
> the first item in that menu, and GTK+ may be positioning the pop-up menu
> over top of the main menu due to screen size constraints (it is a large
> menu, after all).  That would mean the "Compose New Message" item is
> directly underneath where you just clicked to open the Message menu.
> 
> GTK+ recently switched from the XInput framework to XInput2, and there
> were some bumps along the way.  To me, the behavior you describe sounds
> like another bump.
> 
> I would advise waiting for Fedora 18 and re-testing, and if the problem
> is still present then file a bug against GTK+.
> 
> Matthew Barnes
> 
That sounds plausible. It's not a problem I can't live with, after all. Let's 
wait and see.


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