This bug is ancient. It is highly unlikely we will be able to fix it, as the application menu and places menu are two different plugins, so they can't communicate directly. So we would have to make a message passing system in the panel or combine the two plugins in to one.
On my desktop I also have a third menu for settings (just like the good old Gnome 2) - this is a separate instance of the applications menu, with a custom menu XML. It also doesn't open on mouseover, for the same reason. The indicator menus over at the right also have this problem cmpared with how they work in Unity. This bug used to annoy me at first but it's really very minor compared to the effort required to fix it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147308 Title: Use mouse hover events to activate/close plugin menus To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-panel/+bug/147308/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
