linuxmint/Cinnamon — Issue #300: Application menu's too sensitive to hovering.
Author: dementedsnake
Created: 2012-02-05 20:09:51+00:00
State: open

When trying to use the application menu on a tablet computer, or with a graphics pen, the natural inclination is to move the cursor directly from one item to the next. Because the application category list is hover-sensitive, it prevents the user from doing this, as moving the cursor in a direct line often accidentally selects another application category and forces you to start over.

Here's an image to help explain.

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8871/menupath.png

A suggestion to fix this is to make the application category list only automatically select a category after a 250 millisecond pause, where you hover over the item without moving the cursor.