DropDown Menu from Panel on Mouse Hover

Question

I was wondering if there is any way to make the Global Menu (File, Edit.......Messages etc) Drop Down Automatically when I Hover my Mouse Pointer above it instead of Clicking them??? Im using Ubuntu 11.10 Unity Desktop.

Answer 1

You can install xdotool and create a script to put at "Startup Applications" like this:

  
#!/bin/bash
#
# version 0.06 by desgua 
#
# To click at global menu
#
############################################################
h=
d=

function hittop {

eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell)

if [ "$Y" -lt "24" ] ; then
h=1
d=0
fi
}

while :
do

if [ "$h" = "1" ] ; then 
xdotool click 1
sleep .1
h=0
fi

eval $(xdotool getmouselocation --shell)
if [ "$Y" -gt "24" ] ; then
d=1
fi

if [ "$d" = "1" ] ; then
hittop
fi

########################
# Uncomment the following line if your cpu gets hot...
# sleep .2 
######################## 
done

exit 0

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Step by step instructions:

1) Press Alt + F2 and paste gedit ~/.click.global.menu then hit Enter - this will open a blank file.

2) Paste the previous script at the blank file and save.

3) Press Alt + F2 and paste gnome-terminal - this will open a terminal.

4) At terminal paste chmod +x ~/.click.global.menu

5) Press Alt + F2 and paste gnome-session-properties - this will open the Startup Applications.

6) At Startup Applications hit "Add".

7) At dialog paste Global Menu at "Name:" and ~/.click.global.menu at "Command:" as showed in this picture:

8) Install xdotool (just click at the link and hit "Install")

9) Logout and Log back in.

10) Have fun ;-)

Automated way

1) Just open a terminal and paste this:

sudo apt-get install xdotool && cd ~/ && wget -c http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4098082/click.global.menu && chmod +x ~/click.global.menu && ~/click.global.menu

Answer 2

This is a small answer but it could solve that lazy issue of yours :P Go to System>Preferences>Mouse -- now go to the accessibility tab and check the box "initiate click when stopping pointer movement". This will enable click when not moving your mouse.