kando-menu
When using Turbo Mode, have option to hide menu if key is released in root center
Description
Given that a big aspect of using turbo-mode is to not need to use the mouse click, it would be nice to be able to hide/dismiss a menu by releasing the activation hotkey. I know that the escape key also works to dismiss as well but I think releasing the hotkey is more intuitive.
If implemented I see 2 potential methods:
- If you want to enable this option while still being able to use Point-and-Click and Marking-Mode as an option then there would be a time required for the hotkey to be pressed so that a release would be considered as a dismiss of the menu. Pressing the hotkey shortly (before the set time) would not trigger the dismiss on release and allow you to use Point-and-Click and Marking-Mode.
- If you want to enable this option and only care/plan to use Turbo mode then there would be no time requirement and releasing the hotkey on the root center would instantly dismiss the menu. If you're using just Turbo mode this option will feel more intuitive and faster for dismissing than method 1. Downsides would include that using this feature you would not be able to click on the lower right gear icon or the upper left 'i' icon. If implemented those might need to be accessed in another manner such as with a shortcut.
I would personally prefer implementation 2 but can see that implementation 1 is more appealing if you like to use more than 1 activation method.
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Hi there! Thanks for the suggestion, however I am not sure about this.
If I understand you right, the first variant would mean that I have to release all keys after opening the menu, then press a modifier again, and then the next key release in the root's center would dismiss the menu? If so, I think this is not very intuitive and wouldn't help in most cases.
The second variant could work, I guess. Yet it really would be an advanced feature.
For the first variant I believe you understood correctly I'll admit I wasn't really considering the use of multiple keys as the menu shortcut, I think you're right that it might feel weird/not-intuitive with modifiers. But if you use one key as I do(ex. F1-F12, etc.) then I think it's pretty intuitive.
To clarify assume a setting called something like "dismissTimeout" set to 50 ms
A) {F1 Down} {40ms} {F1 Up} = Shows menu on {F1 Down} and remains on menu to use Point-and-Click/Marking-Mode
B) {F1 Down} {80ms} {F1 Up} = Shows menu on {F1 Down} but dismisses after if mouse cursor is on root center after {F1 Up}.
If the menu is already showing you can then dismiss it after with another (A) or go into turbo mode with (B) if held longer
I vote "YES PLEASE" for the feature to close a pie menu by releasing the pie menu hotkey. It would allow users to instantly close the pie menu if no selection needs to be made or user changes their mind.
The right click to close is much better than reaching up to the ESC button or clicking the center of the pie menu but I would much prefer this method of instant closing by simply taking you hand off the hotkey. Thanks!
But currently releasing the hotkey selects the current item. In your scenario, a click would be required for selection, right? I would argue that a selection is performed more often than a canceling, so that should be the action which is more easy to articulate. So click for close and release for select seems better to me....
I also agree that selection should have priority over cancelling so I don't think it would make sense for release to cancel wherever the mouse is. Releasing on the center of the menu to cancel, however, would make sense since there's currently no functionality to releasing at the center(assuming you're using Turbo).