Bug 143156 - Mouse-over problem navigating the main menu
Summary: Mouse-over problem navigating the main menu
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All Linux (All)
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Reported: 2021-07-02 11:10 UTC by R. Green
Modified: 2022-05-10 08:44 UTC (History)
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Description R. Green 2021-07-02 11:10:10 UTC
Version: 7.1.3.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 47f78053abe362b9384784d31a6e56f8511eb1c1
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-GB (en_GB.UTF-8); UI: en-GB
Calc: threaded

1. Open any file in LO Writer. Click on "File" in the main menu. Then continue to mouse horizontally right across the other main menu options.

EXPECTED RESULT: Each menu opens as you move over it without impeding further horizontal movement of the mouse.

ACTUAL RESULT: When you get to the VIEW menu option you can no longer move the mouse to the next main menu option. This is because the menu is covering the other menu options. The same problem occurs with the INSERT menu.

SUGGESTION: All main menu options should drop down just below the main menu bar, so as not to obscure other menu options.
Comment 1 [REDACTED] 2021-07-02 11:39:56 UTC
No repro - using KDE Frameworks 5

Version: 7.1.4.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: kf5
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

No repro - using GTK3

Version: 7.1.4.2 / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6
CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 5.3; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 2 R. Green 2021-07-02 12:37:41 UTC
I am using a 15½ inch laptop at 1366 x 768. Could this be an issue on smaller screens where there is insufficient vertical space to show the whole menu.
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2021-07-05 12:56:00 UTC
(In reply to R. Green from comment #2)
> I am using a 15½ inch laptop at 1366 x 768. Could this be an issue on
> smaller screens where there is insufficient vertical space to show the whole
> menu.

Perhaps, but on Windows builds, screen size does not affect mouse pointer mouse-over of main menu.  Setting display to 800 x 600 the mouse-over refocus of main menu entries continues even though the menu list extends below screen.

GTK3 only?

Version: 7.1.4.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: a529a4fab45b75fefc5b6226684193eb000654f6
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 10.0 Build 19042; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-US (en_US); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 4 Buovjaga 2022-05-10 08:04:00 UTC
I tried with a 768px height and can confirm with gtk3 and 7.3.3, but I think this is just the way gtk does things and we use native widgets. Pinging Caolán to confirm design choice out of our control.
Comment 5 Caolán McNamara 2022-05-10 08:44:36 UTC
yeah, menu placement is not under our control in gtk3

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/1016