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[Vishnoo <drkvi-a@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 16:28 +0100, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Vishnoo wrote on 27/04/10 10:13:
> > Hi,
> > With the indicator applications menu and music player menu, I can skip
> > one song at a time.
> > 
> > However , if i have to skip multiple songs , it is a bit tiring to open
> > the menu each time and to skip songs one by one. 
> > The only other option to do it faster is to bring up the player window.
> > 
> > Do others often try to skip multiple songs?
> > Is there a way to make this easier? [Probably, right-click to skip and
> > not close the menu?]
> 
> I hadn't thought of that. Maybe for the playback items (Previous,
> Play/Pause, Next), selecting them should not close the menu?

Yes , that would be good.

>  You'd have
> to click somewhere (anywhere) else to close it.

Instead , what we could do is , Since those playback items are going to
be using a custom widget  , could the mouse hover be detected? 

- If the user is still hovering over those buttons do not close the
menu. 
- Once the user moves pointer out of the widget and after a short
delay[1-2sec?] close the menu. [the short delay is to allow the user to
get back to those buttons, if needed]


> As far as the keyboard is concerned, currently pressing Space on a sound
> menu item activates it without closing the menu, while pressing Enter
> activates it and also closes the menu. That's a bug, but could become a
> feature.
> 
Heh , we could let this bug be a feature for the keyboard users :D


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Cheers,
Vish