[kde-linux] kde4 : Standard kde application menu with a click on the background screen

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Sun Jan 4 12:14:55 UTC 2009


On Sunday 04 January 2009 12:05:48 Pablo Sanchez wrote:
> On Sunday 04 January 2009 at 5:06 am, Anne Wilson penned
> about "Re: [kde-linux] kde4 : Standard kde application menu with a click on
> the background screen"
>
> > On Sunday 04 January 2009 08:39:36 christophe wrote:
> > > Yes, i also think it's a showstopper .
> >
> > Does it have to be from absolutely anywhere on the desktop?
>
> For me, yes it does.  I have eight virtual desktops with some
> cluttered with windows and some not.  When I use the mouse-menu, I
> look for a random free spot on my desktop and click away.
>
> > You can install a widget to desktop for the menu, if that helps
>
> I don't think it'd help in my case because I'd always have to keep a
> spot open (no window on it) for that widget.  Further, I have a
> 1920x1600 display.  If my widget were near 1920x1600 and my mouse
> cursor was near the origin, I'd have to mouse clear to the other
> side.  Too inefficient.
>
> I wish the good developers would bring back the mouse-menu.  I was
> actually hoping in KDE 4.x that we'd have mouse-menu trees (the
> ability to create sub-menus) ... not get rid of the mouse-menu!  :)
>
So have you filed a bug/wish?  If you don't, there's no way they will know 
that you value it.

Anne
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