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Exposing menu opening delay as an option

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#2,395 opened on Mar 11, 2026

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Behavior shared with 1.12Comp: Menuhelp wanted

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Description

Currently the opening of parent menu item uses a delay of 300ms which cannot be changed.

I suggest moving the delay to an option so that this can be configured.

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Research direction
Locate where the 300ms delay is hardcoded in the menu widget source code (likely in jquery.ui.menu.js) and add a new option for the delay following the existing option pattern.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptjQuery UI
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75