Tools Menu Gets Stuck On Linux with Focus Follows Mouse
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Component: IDE user interface
Type: Bug
- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
On Linux with a desktop configured for focus follows mouse, the Tools>Boards and Tools>Ports menus seem to get stuck & become unresponsive if the cursor moves outside the menu and another window get focus.
Here's a video demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Ue1jXwlF8
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the Tools > Boards and Tools > Ports behavior on Linux with focus follows mouse enabled, using the linked video as a reference. Trace the menu handling involved when the cursor leaves the menu and another window gains focus; the issue is done when both menus remain responsive afterward.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100