[luci] [LuCI] #95: afraid of dropping off the cliff, the dropdown menu is stupid

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#95: afraid of dropping off the cliff, the dropdown menu is stupid
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 Reporter:  reporter     |       Owner:     
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:     
Component:  LuCI Themes  |    Keywords:     
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 don't blame me if i say GUI design in microsoft windows is better. it is.
 even java 1.5 that claim to be native GUI failed making a good menu popup.

 in openwrt/luci, the dropdown menu is css based with a few javascript
 hack/tweak, which is "technically better" but is actually "user-friendly
 worse". Using this menu, i feel like as if I'm talking on the cliff afraid
 of dropping of it. As soon as my mouse move outside of the menu area (the
 black box), the menu is gone, this applies to submenu and sub-submenu.

 the better way, which is what windows do, is to delay the "hide action" of
 menu. to make it not "odd" poping up 2 submenu, they also delay "show
 action" of the menu.

 i've attach a patch that delay "hide action" but not "show action" yet.
 applies to browsers not for IE yet. anyway, you get the idea.

 with this patch it's so much easier navigating luci menu

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Ticket URL: <http://luci.subsignal.org/trac/ticket/95>
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