Behavour for both items in Xubuntu 9.10 is the same now. Both the 'Applications' menu and 'Places' require a left-click on the mouse to open them. Since this bug does request both panel items acting the same, I am closing this bug report as fixed.
** Changed in: xfce4-places-plugin (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Places plugin does not conform to expected behaviour in combination with Applications menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147308 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs