linuxmint/Cinnamon — Issue #108: automatically scroll through the main menu list
Author: mdchaves
Created: 2012-01-05 19:24:10+00:00
State: open

If we have many different programs installed on the menu, obviously the application entries might not all be visible on the screen. We have to use the scrollbar to reach some hidden menu items that are on the bottom of the list. This is a waste of time. We should be able to scroll quickly through the application list (upward and downward) without need to use the lateral menu scrollbar nor the mouse wheel.
There should be a way to scroll through the menu automatically, based only on the mouse cursor movement. So if we want to reach a menu item at the bottom of the list, we would just need to place the mouse pointer on a determined spot at the bottom and then the menu list would roll up immediately. Similarly when we want to access a menu item at the top, we would move the mouse cursor to an upper location, so that the menu would slide down.
MS Windows Start Menu works like this.