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From: jwright@cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
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Subject: Re: Hierarchical menus
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Date: 7 Feb 90 02:56:11 GMT
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I happened to be reading IM-V just before coming across this post.

	"Two delay values enable submenus to function smoothly, without
	jarring distractions to the user.  The submenu delay is the
	length of time before a submenu appears as the user drags the
	pointer through a hierarchical menu item.  It prevents flashing
	due to rapid appearance-disappearance of submenus.  The drag
	delay allows the user to drag diagonally from the submenu title
	into the submenu, briefly crossing part of the main menu, without
	the submenu disappearing (which would ordinarily happen when the
	pointer was dragged into another main menu item).  See Figure 3."

				-- IM-V, p.24

Naturally, no code is given.  No references to submenu delay or drag delay
are given.  The only reference in the IM X-Ref is to the above paragraph.
[Insert mandatory flame of documentation.]

--
Jim Wright
jwright@cs.iastate.edu