From f3285a3d0bf118ce0eba0014ea53b11f47d710d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dana Jansens <danakj@orodu.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 17:30:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improved menu behaviour

Make 'left' key in a menu close it's visible child menu and move to the parent
  properly.
Make clicking on a menu item in a menu close any of its grandchildren and
  remove focus from its children, effectively focusing the menu item you
  clicked on.
---
 openbox/event.c     |  7 ++++++-
 openbox/menuframe.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/openbox/event.c b/openbox/event.c
index c77d968a..ad9dade6 100644
--- a/openbox/event.c
+++ b/openbox/event.c
@@ -1700,8 +1700,13 @@ static gboolean event_handle_menu_keyboard(XEvent *ev)
 
         else if (ob_keycode_match(keycode, OB_KEY_LEFT)) {
             /* Left goes to the parent menu */
-            if (frame->parent)
+            if (frame->parent) {
+                /* remove focus from the child */
                 menu_frame_select(frame, NULL, TRUE);
+                /* and put it in the parent */
+                menu_frame_select(frame->parent, frame->parent->selected,
+                                  TRUE);
+            }
             ret = TRUE;
         }
 
diff --git a/openbox/menuframe.c b/openbox/menuframe.c
index d8c1691e..088986f8 100644
--- a/openbox/menuframe.c
+++ b/openbox/menuframe.c
@@ -1153,15 +1153,13 @@ void menu_frame_select(ObMenuFrame *self, ObMenuEntryFrame *entry,
     ObMenuEntryFrame *old = self->selected;
     ObMenuFrame *oldchild = self->child;
     ObMenuEntryFrame *oldchild_entry = self->child_entry;
-    ObMenuEntryFrame *temp;
 
     /* if the user selected a separator, ignore it and reselect what we had
        selected before */
     if (entry && entry->entry->type == OB_MENU_ENTRY_TYPE_SEPARATOR)
         entry = old;
 
-    if (old == entry && (old->entry->type != OB_MENU_ENTRY_TYPE_SUBMENU ||
-                         old == oldchild_entry))
+    if (old == entry && (old->entry->type != OB_MENU_ENTRY_TYPE_SUBMENU))
         return;
 
     /* if the user left this menu but we have a submenu open, move the
@@ -1203,18 +1201,24 @@ void menu_frame_select(ObMenuFrame *self, ObMenuEntryFrame *entry,
     if (self->selected) {
         menu_entry_frame_render(self->selected);
 
-        /* only show if the submenu isn't already showing */
-        if (oldchild_entry != self->selected &&
-            self->selected->entry->type == OB_MENU_ENTRY_TYPE_SUBMENU)
-        {
-            if (immediate || config_submenu_hide_delay == 0)
-                menu_entry_frame_show_submenu(self->selected);
-            else if (config_submenu_hide_delay > 0)
-                ob_main_loop_timeout_add(ob_main_loop,
-                                         config_submenu_show_delay * 1000,
-                                         submenu_show_timeout,
-                                         self->selected, g_direct_equal,
-                                         NULL);
+        if (self->selected->entry->type == OB_MENU_ENTRY_TYPE_SUBMENU) {
+            /* only show if the submenu isn't already showing */
+            if (oldchild_entry != self->selected) {
+                if (immediate || config_submenu_hide_delay == 0)
+                    menu_entry_frame_show_submenu(self->selected);
+                else if (config_submenu_hide_delay > 0)
+                    ob_main_loop_timeout_add(ob_main_loop,
+                                             config_submenu_show_delay * 1000,
+                                             submenu_show_timeout,
+                                             self->selected, g_direct_equal,
+                                             NULL);
+            }
+            /* hide the grandchildren of this menu. and move the cursor to
+               the current menu */
+            else if (immediate && self->child && self->child->child) {
+                menu_frame_hide(self->child->child);
+                menu_frame_select(self->child, NULL, TRUE);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
-- 
2.39.2