Here's another version of Karl Martin's workaround, except mine uses xmacroplay. Remember to adjust the coordinates to that the click doesn't miss your Applications menu.
echo -e "MotionNotify 920 10\nButtonPress 1\nDelay 1\nButtonRelease 1"|xmacroplay :0.0 -- Gnome menu is slow when clicking for the first time https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/12040 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
