From 756a1665e5d96ec44cd63ed88110f76f523b990f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Williams <mark.williams@diamond.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:15:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] LIMS-1986: Show main menu on click

---
 client/src/js/app/components/navbar.vue | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/js/app/components/navbar.vue b/client/src/js/app/components/navbar.vue
index a1558927b..c0ac3dfb5 100644
--- a/client/src/js/app/components/navbar.vue
+++ b/client/src/js/app/components/navbar.vue
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     <router-link
       to=""
       class="tw-relative navbar-item"
-      @mouseover.native="showProposalMenu=true"
+      @mouseover.native="handleMouseOver"
       @mouseleave.native="showProposalMenu=false"
-      @click.native="showProposalMenu=false"
+      @click.native="handleClick"
     >
       <p class="tw-text-xs">
         <i
@@ -152,9 +152,10 @@ export default {
             showHelpMenu: false,
             // If hover over proposal menu flag
             showProposalMenu: false,
+            lastHoverOpenAt: 0,
+            hoverGraceTimeMs: 100,
         }
     },
-
     computed: {
         proposal: function() {
             return this.$store.getters['proposal/currentProposal']
@@ -199,6 +200,23 @@ export default {
                 e.stopPropagation()
             }
         },
+
+        handleMouseOver() {
+            if (!this.showProposalMenu) {
+                this.lastHoverOpenAt = Date.now()
+            }
+            this.showProposalMenu = true
+        },
+
+        handleClick() {
+            // If the menu was opened by a very recent hover, ignore the click that would close it.
+            if ((Date.now() - this.lastHoverOpenAt) < this.hoverGraceTimeMs) {
+                return
+            }
+            // Otherwise toggle as normal
+            this.showProposalMenu = !this.showProposalMenu
+
+        },
     }
 }
 </script>