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Mario Palumbo
Asked: 2021-05-04 06:35:38 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 20.04 with "cinnamon-desktop-environment". The drop-down menu opens on click but closes when I release the button

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I have installed "cinnamon-desktop-environment" on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop 64-bit.
I am attaching a video in which I open any dropdown menu. Any dropdown menu of any application suffers the same problem:

https://youtu.be/f07s2vs3r2I

I also tried on Linux Mint 20.1, same problem. If the click is very short, the drop-down menu remains open, if I hold down slightly more and then release, the drop-down menu closes.

How can I fix it?

20.04

1 Answers

  1. I just experienced the same problem and was able to solve it with the following steps:

    1. Right mouse click on the panel
    2. Select Applets
    3. Select Main Cinnamon Menu
    4. Select Configure icon
    5. Enable the "Open the menu when I move my mouse over it" toggle button

    The menu now opens when the mouse hovers over it. I prefer to click to open but there doesn't seem to be a setting for that.

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