Issues, Workarounds & Localization

When you have a multi-level pie menu and you move the mouse quickly across the middle you often select the wrong item.

For example, if you open the pie menu on a Mobile Tractor Unit and move to the right, you'll get a second-level menu including "Scoop to cargo hold". If you move your mouse directly towards that item then you will end up selecting "Target" because as the pointer moves across the middle of the menu the sub-menu disappears.

This is a known problem for regular hierarchical menus with a known solution. The mouse pointer is allowed to "cut across" the corner between menus because it's natural for people to move directly to the item in the sub-menu. The sub-menu has a delay on disappearing when the mouse is moving south-east on the screen (on the Mac) or simply a delay (on Windows). Eve already does this right for normal menus.

The same should be implemented for pie menus.

Thanks!