I think the menu should be open on hover (I think this a very basic ui behaviour request).
Now, you have to actually click them, it feels very windows 3.11 like… 
Hadn’t even noticed that until you brought it up. I guess it does seem a bit retro considering how most website UX these days are constantly trying to get you to click on something.
Thinking about it now, I kind of appreciate how much PG tries to stay out of your way while you are working. I wouldn’t, for instance, want the panel tabs to change on hover… it would be way too distracting. I think the menu options sort of fall under the same category of UI as the panel tabs, from a design philosophy point of view.
But having the drop down on hover behavior as a preference under Support/Settings might be a nice to have, for those that prefer it. I would probably leave mine on the default.
I totally agree about tabs! it would be horrible if they would change on hover.
But menu items have a hover behaviour on every app / software / site i know of, and for it’s very inconvenient and it’s just a spare click
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menu items have a hover behaviour on every app / software i know of
I just opened a dozen programs on my Windows 10 computer, and not a single one opened menus on hover. Wait, you mean you want adjacent menus to open on hover, don’t you? You still want to click to open the first menu. I think I misunderstood. You’re right. Might want to clarify.
Sorry i wasn’t clear enough (and can’t edit the original post), but that’s what i meant.
I’m not sure there are any sub-menus in the main toolbar menus. The right-click context menu has sub-menus that open on hover.
@RobM no not about the sub-menu, I think they meant that apps menu opens this way 
when you click open one of the menu item and now if you hover over another menu item, it opens on hover
Mac’s top menu opens this way as well
@beno if that is what you are talking about then I don’t think website menu opens that way, as I’ve seen and developed some websites 
, website menu opens on direct mouse hover or direct click on the particular menu item
That is actually what I meant by sub-menu. A menu within another menu. From a UX perspective that could get pretty messy.
I agree on what you meant about the sub-menu but I’m still talking about the top level menu items only
I Agree. i think it should work like this mac menubar. although i think total hover behaviour like in websites might also work here, because i think if you go with your mouse to that area you probably want to use the menu…
To achieve “dropdown on hover” add the following…
CSS
@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu{
display:block; }}
Alternative CSS
@media screen and (min-width: 768px){
.dropdown:hover .dropdown-menu, .btn-group:hover .dropdown-menu{
display: block;
}
.dropdown-menu{
margin-top: 0;
}
.dropdown-toggle{
margin-bottom: 2px;
}
.navbar .dropdown-toggle, .nav-tabs .dropdown-toggle{
margin-bottom: 0; }}
JAVASCRIPT
(document).ready(function(){
(".dropdown, .btn-group").hover(function(){
var dropdownMenu = $(this).children(".dropdown-menu");
if(dropdownMenu.is(":visible")){
dropdownMenu.parent().toggleClass(“open”);
}
});
});