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Re: gEDA-user: On Deprecation of GtkTearoffMenuItem



On Sun, 30 May 2010 16:15:43 +0900, timecop wrote:

> Number of times I've used gimp and mistakenly ended up tearing off a
> menu (easy to do only from keyboard, alt-hotkey+enter = boom menu is
> torn off, app focus is lost, and whats worse there's no way to get back
> to that menu with keyboard again.

This calls for a better key map, but not for a removal of the feature 
itself.


> If you notice no other modern GUI have used these for close to 20 years,
> no need to leave this in GTK either.

You mean, except for 
QT4 http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtjambi-4.5.0_01/com/trolltech/qt/gui/QMenu.html
MFC http://www.experts-exchange.com/articles/Programming/System/Windows__Programming/MFC/MFC-Feature-Pack-for-VS-2008-and-2010.html
PROUIS http://www.prof-uis.com/prof-uis/feature-tour/tour_tear-off_menu.aspx
lesstif -- yes, this widget set is younger than 20 years...

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