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Unstandardized menu bar behavior #5442

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SumatraPDF 3.7.17933 pre-release 32/64-bit on Windows 11 23H2

This probably isn't a bug, but this behavior is unusual.

In most Windows programs, the menu bar behaves as follows:

  1. The first click on a menu item opens the menu.
  2. Moving the cursor to the right (while the first menu is open) opens all subsequent menus in sequence.
  3. A second click on a menu item closes the menu.
Video: how this works in Notepad.exe
MenuBar_Notepad.mp4

Now in SumatraPDF:

  1. The first click on a menu item opens the menu.
  2. Moving the cursor to the right (while the first menu is open) does not open subsequent menus.
  3. A second click on a menu item closes the menu and immediately reopens it.
Video: how this works in SumatraPDF
MenuBar_SumatraPDF.mp4

It might be a better idea to make the menu behavior more typical.

Video duplicates:
MenuBar_Notepad.mp4
MenuBar_SumatraPDF.mp4

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