1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c b/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
index 907e7c990c..281db06726 100644
--- a/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
+++ b/Gui/mplayer/widgets.c
@@ -217,7 +217,15 @@ void gtkShow( int type,char * param )
 	  gtk_widget_destroy( PopUpMenu );
 	 }
         PopUpMenu=create_PopUpMenu();
+#ifdef HAVE_GTK2_GUI
+        // Ugly hack, but we don't want to loose events
+        while(!GTK_WIDGET_VISIBLE(PopUpMenu)) {
+           gtk_menu_popup(GTK_MENU(PopUpMenu), NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, gtk_get_current_event_time());
+           gtk_main_iteration();
+        }
+#else
         gtk_menu_popup( GTK_MENU( PopUpMenu ),NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,0 );
+#endif //HAVE_GTK2_GUI
         break;
    case evHidePopUpMenu:
         if ( PopUpMenu )