#3315 HIGH First D: Drop down menus should always start at the top of the list

[Walter Bender]

The top of the list, if you happen to start in the middle, is not
discoverable with the cursor-over-the-current-selection option. I've
seen time and again in the field people getting confused by this.

-walter

On 9/17/07, Zarro Boogs per Child <bugtracker at laptop.org> wrote:
> #3315: Drop down menus should always start at the top of the list
> ------------------------+---------------------------------------------------
>   Reporter:  kimquirk   |       Owner:  danw
>       Type:  defect     |      Status:  closed
>   Priority:  high       |   Milestone:  First Deployment, V1.0
>  Component:  sugar      |     Version:
> Resolution:  duplicate  |    Keywords:
>   Verified:  0          |
> ------------------------+---------------------------------------------------
> Changes (by danw):
>
>   * status:  new => closed
>   * resolution:  => duplicate
>
>
> Comment:
>
>  This is the same as (or in conflict with) #2041, which is currently
>  assigned to Eben to figure out. (The problem with just making the menu
>  always start at the top of the list is that it's supposed to always have
>  the currently-selected item under the cursor when you pop it up, so that
>  if you just press, and then release, the selection doesn't change. Having
>  it always start out scrolled to the top of the list would break that.) But
>  anyway, please add your comments to #2041 for Eben to consider and roll in
>  to his eventual solution.
>
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> Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/3315#comment:2>
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Walter Bender
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