[gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Benno Schulenberg]

Hi,

Does anyone else see this?  Upon rightclicking in most KDE apps, a 
context menu appears; but when moving the mouse a bit (away from 
the menu) and rightclicking again, the context menu appears just 
shortly: it blinks and stays away.

That is... except when rightclicking near the bottom or right edge.  
Then the menu stays put on every rightclick -- when the menu does 
not appear to the lower right of the mouse pointer, but to the left 
or above it, then it always stays put.

This happens in most KDE apps (Konqueror, KMail, Konversation, 
Kate, ...), but does not happen in KWrite, nor on the desktop 
itself.  (In KMail it happens in the message list and the preview 
pane, but not in the folder list or the composer window.)

Anyone else seeing this?  Just to make sure I'm not having a subtly 
broken system.

Benno
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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Monday 03 April 2006 22:22, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone else see this?  Upon rightclicking in most KDE apps, a
> context menu appears; but when moving the mouse a bit (away from
> the menu) and rightclicking again, the context menu appears just
> shortly: it blinks and stays away.
>
> That is... except when rightclicking near the bottom or right edge.
> Then the menu stays put on every rightclick -- when the menu does
> not appear to the lower right of the mouse pointer, but to the left
> or above it, then it always stays put.
>
> This happens in most KDE apps (Konqueror, KMail, Konversation,
> Kate, ...), but does not happen in KWrite, nor on the desktop
> itself.  (In KMail it happens in the message list and the preview
> pane, but not in the folder list or the composer window.)
>
> Anyone else seeing this?  Just to make sure I'm not having a subtly
> broken system.
>

yepp, see the same - easy workaround: don't release the right mouse button.. 
as long as you are holding it, the menu will stay.
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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Glenn Enright]

On Tuesday 04 April 2006 09:59, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> On Monday 03 April 2006 22:22, Benno Schulenberg wrote:

> > Anyone else seeing this?  Just to make sure I'm not having a subtly
> > broken system.
>
> yepp, see the same - easy workaround: don't release the right mouse
> button.. as long as you are holding it, the menu will stay.

I'm not getting this at all :), but then just upgraded to 3.5.2. I recall 
something like this a while ago but its gone now. What version of kde are you 
running? 

If you change your theme does it make any difference?

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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Hemmann, Volker Armin]

On Tuesday 04 April 2006 14:37, Glenn Enright wrote:
> On Tuesday 04 April 2006 09:59, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > On Monday 03 April 2006 22:22, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > > Anyone else seeing this?  Just to make sure I'm not having a subtly
> > > broken system.
> >
> > yepp, see the same - easy workaround: don't release the right mouse
> > button.. as long as you are holding it, the menu will stay.
>
> I'm not getting this at all :), but then just upgraded to 3.5.2. I recall
> something like this a while ago but its gone now. What version of kde are
> you running?

3.5.2

>
> If you change your theme does it make any difference?

emm, I don't want to change my theme at the moment (it is dekorator+qtcurve), 
because I am not annoyed or really hit by this. I could get his behaviour, 
bit it does not bother me ;)
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Glenn Enright]

On Tuesday 04 April 2006 12:58, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> emm, I don't want to change my theme at the moment (it is
> dekorator+qtcurve), because I am not annoyed or really hit by this. I could
> get his behaviour, bit it does not bother me ;)

Nice :). I had to install XP recently for my wife, but after playing with it 
for a couple of days, ran screaming back to KDE with no reservations! That 
was a real eye opener on how comfortable it is to use and how you adjust to 
expect some features to just exist even in simple applications. Kudos to the 
KDE devs especially.

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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Benno Schulenberg]

Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > a context menu appears; but when moving the mouse a bit
> > (away from the menu) and rightclicking again, the context menu
> > appears just shortly: it blinks and stays away.
>
> yepp, see the same - easy workaround: don't release the right
> mouse button.. as long as you are holding it, the menu will stay.

Sure.  But when rightclicking for example on the wrong message in 
the message list of KMail, I have to click again, and then this 
annoying stutter happens, which always made me think I had somehow 
misclicked.  Glad to see it's not merely a local problem.

Benno
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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Philip Webb]

060403 Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Upon rightclicking in most KDE apps, a context menu appears;
> but when moving the mouse a bit away from the menu and rightclicking again,
> the context menu appears just shortly: it blinks and stays away.
> This happens in most KDE apps (Konqueror, KMail, Konversation, Kate),
> but does not happen in KWrite, nor on the desktop itself.

With KDE 3.5.1 , I find this only in Kate, which ordinarily I don't use;
it doesn't happen in Konqueror (Internet/file-mgr), Kwrite, Konsole, Kjots.
This suggests it may be some effect of sessions/profiles/settings.

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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Benno Schulenberg]

Philip Webb wrote:
> 060403 Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> > Upon rightclicking in most KDE apps, a context menu appears;
> > but when moving the mouse a bit away from the menu and
> > rightclicking again, the context menu appears just shortly: it
> > blinks and stays away. This happens in most KDE apps
> > (Konqueror, KMail, Konversation, Kate), but does not happen in
> > KWrite, nor on the desktop itself.
>
> With KDE 3.5.1 , I find this only in Kate, which ordinarily I
> don't use; it doesn't happen in Konqueror (Internet/file-mgr),
> Kwrite, Konsole, Kjots. This suggests it may be some effect of
> sessions/profiles/settings.

I've made a new user with complete 3.5.2 default settings, and there 
it happens in fewer places, but it still happens in:

* the sidebar of the navigation panel of Konqueror
* the column headers of the message list in KMail
* empty space of the Kicker Panel (move it to the top to see this)
* the edit and filelist windows of Kate
* the playlist of Kaffeine
...

This doesn't suggest to me that it is a problem with sessions or 
profiles or settings, but a basic KDE problem.

Benno
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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Philip Webb]

060404 Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> Upon rightclicking in most KDE apps, a context menu appears;
> but when moving the mouse a bit away from the menu & R-clicking again,
> the context menu appears just shortly: it blinks and stays away.
> I've made a new user with complete 3.5.2 default settings
> and there it happens in fewer places, but it still happens in:
> * the sidebar of the navigation panel of Konqueror
> * the column headers of the message list in KMail
> * empty space of the Kicker Panel (move it to the top to see this)
> * the edit and filelist windows of Kate
> * the playlist of Kaffeine
> This doesn't suggest to me that it is a problem
> with sessions or profiles or settings, but a basic KDE problem.

I don't use Kmail or Kaffeine.  I don't see it with Kicker hidden/not.
I do see it where you describe in Kate & Konqueror-file-manager (all 3.5.1).
The effect seems to be that the 2nd R-click is closing an open menu,
which may well be a bug in the code: have you reported it to KDE bugs ?

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Re: [gentoo-user] every second rightclick in KDE: the context menu does not stay

[Benno Schulenberg]

Philip Webb wrote:
> The effect seems to be that
> the 2nd R-click is closing an open menu, which may well be a bug
> in the code: have you reported it to KDE bugs ?

Yes, reported here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=124796 .

Benno
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