Problem with multiwindow and drop-down menus

Problem with multiwindow and drop-down menus

[David Rothenberger]

I'm having a problem with 1.7 when starting the server with 
-multiwindow. I am trying to run Sun's jconsole application (part of the 
JDK 6) remotely, but none of the menus work correctly.

When I run a separate window manager (wmaker), they work correctly. I 
can click on a menu and it will stay open. I can move my mouse to select 
a menu entry and then click again to "make it so".

With -multiwindow, clicking on the menu just causes it to flash open. If 
I hold the mouse down, the menu will stay open, but I can't select any 
options. The only way I can interact with jconsole is with keyboard 
shortcuts.

Any ideas? Is this some local configuration problem or a known issue 
with -multiwindow?

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David Rothenberger  ----  daveroth@acm.org

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere."
                 -- Dr. Seuss


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Re: Problem with multiwindow and drop-down menus

[Jon TURNEY]

On 22/07/2009 20:44, David Rothenberger wrote:
> I'm having a problem with 1.7 when starting the server with
> -multiwindow. I am trying to run Sun's jconsole application (part of the
> JDK 6) remotely, but none of the menus work correctly.
>
> When I run a separate window manager (wmaker), they work correctly. I
> can click on a menu and it will stay open. I can move my mouse to select
> a menu entry and then click again to "make it so".
>
> With -multiwindow, clicking on the menu just causes it to flash open. If
> I hold the mouse down, the menu will stay open, but I can't select any
> options. The only way I can interact with jconsole is with keyboard
> shortcuts.
>
> Any ideas? Is this some local configuration problem or a known issue
> with -multiwindow?

There was a change in the most recent X server, xorg-server-1.6.2-2, which 
attempts to improve the behaviour of X window menus.  Can you try with that 
and see if it makes a difference?

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Re: Problem with multiwindow and drop-down menus

[David Rothenberger]

On 7/29/2009 10:09 AM, Jon TURNEY wrote:
> On 22/07/2009 20:44, David Rothenberger wrote:
>> I'm having a problem with 1.7 when starting the server with
>> -multiwindow. I am trying to run Sun's jconsole application (part of the
>> JDK 6) remotely, but none of the menus work correctly.
>>
>> When I run a separate window manager (wmaker), they work correctly. I
>> can click on a menu and it will stay open. I can move my mouse to select
>> a menu entry and then click again to "make it so".
>>
>> With -multiwindow, clicking on the menu just causes it to flash open. If
>> I hold the mouse down, the menu will stay open, but I can't select any
>> options. The only way I can interact with jconsole is with keyboard
>> shortcuts.
>>
>> Any ideas? Is this some local configuration problem or a known issue
>> with -multiwindow?
> 
> There was a change in the most recent X server, xorg-server-1.6.2-2, 
> which attempts to improve the behaviour of X window menus.  Can you try 
> with that and see if it makes a difference?

Unfortunately, there is no change with xorg-server-1.6.2-2.

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