Hi David, > The left-mouse click seems to be taken as an escape closing the menu > without actually selecting anything. It is as if the left-mouse (and > cursor position in general) isn't seen at all (there is no highlight > in the menu when the mouse moves over an item) xev(1) from package xorg-xev can be useful to diagnose what X events are being generated. -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy