Re: Tip: tty mode-line popup menus

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:15:54 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> It is fiddly with a track pad, which I normally use, leading to
> >> inadvertent menu selections. Furthermore, keyboard operation of the
> >> menu seems impossible.
> >
> > ??? Of course, it possible: type F10, and then use arrow keys to
> > navigate and RET to select.
> 
> Doesn't work for me.
> 
> Without doing the changes I posted, I down-mouse-1 on something in the
> mode-line having a menu. When I release the mouse, the menu is gone, as
> I described. When I press F10, keeping the mouse button pressed, the
> menu also disappears.
> 
> With the changes applied, mouse-1 opens the menu, and I then can use
> cursor keys, RET, and so on. No F10 needed. 

Sorry, it's my misunderstanding: I didn't realize you were talking
about a menu opened from the mode line.

All the other menus, including the one popped up by C-mouse-1, do
support keyboard navigation.