diff --git a/AppKit/CPEvent.j b/AppKit/CPEvent.j
index 4f309e3503..a5fe949bd1 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPEvent.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPEvent.j
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ var _CPEventPeriodicEventPeriod         = 0,
 
 function _CPEventFirePeriodEvent()
 {
-    [CPApp sendEvent:[CPEvent otherEventWithType:CPPeriodic location:_CGPointMakeZero() modifierFlags:0 timestamp:0 windowNumber:0 context:nil subtype:0 data1:0 data2:0]];
+    [CPApp sendEvent:[CPEvent otherEventWithType:CPPeriodic location:_CGPointMakeZero() modifierFlags:0 timestamp:[CPEvent currentTimestamp] windowNumber:0 context:nil subtype:0 data1:0 data2:0]];
 }
 
 var CPEventClass = [CPEvent class];
diff --git a/AppKit/CPMenu/_CPMenuManager.j b/AppKit/CPMenu/_CPMenuManager.j
index 9b680674a4..d8a92c39c5 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPMenu/_CPMenuManager.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPMenu/_CPMenuManager.j
@@ -137,10 +137,7 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
     // Periodic events don't have a valid location.
     var globalLocation = type === CPPeriodic ? _lastGlobalLocation : [anEvent globalLocation];
 
-    // Remember this for the next periodic event.
-    _lastGlobalLocation = globalLocation;
-
-    if (!_lastGlobalLocation)
+    if (!globalLocation)
         return;
 
     // Find which menu window the mouse is currently on top of
@@ -152,6 +149,14 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
         activeItemIndex = activeMenuContainer ? [activeMenuContainer itemIndexAtPoint:menuLocation] : CPNotFound,
         activeItem = activeItemIndex !== CPNotFound ? [activeMenu itemAtIndex:activeItemIndex] : nil;
 
+    // unhighlight when mouse is moved off the menu
+    if (_lastGlobalLocation && CGRectContainsPoint([activeMenuContainer globalFrame], _lastGlobalLocation)
+                            && !CGRectContainsPoint([activeMenuContainer globalFrame], globalLocation))
+        [activeMenu _highlightItemAtIndex:CPNotFound];
+
+    // Remember this for the next periodic event.
+    _lastGlobalLocation = globalLocation;
+
     // If the item isn't enabled its as if we clicked on nothing.
     if (![activeItem isEnabled] || [activeItem _isMenuBarButton])
     {
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
 
     var mouseOverMenuView = [activeItem view];
 
-    if (type === CPScrollWheel)
+    if (type === CPScrollWheel && ![activeMenuContainer isMenuBar])
         [activeMenuContainer scrollByDelta:[anEvent deltaY]];
 
     if (type === CPPeriodic)
@@ -211,7 +216,8 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
             _lastMouseOverMenuView = nil;
         }
 
-        [activeMenu _highlightItemAtIndex:activeItemIndex];
+        if (activeItemIndex != CPNotFound)
+            [activeMenu _highlightItemAtIndex:activeItemIndex];
 
         if (type === CPMouseMoved || type === CPLeftMouseDragged || type === CPLeftMouseDown || type === CPPeriodic)
         {
@@ -485,7 +491,7 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
     {
         if (!_keyBuffer)
         {
-            _startTime = [CPDate date];
+            _startTime = [anEvent timestamp];
             _keyBuffer = character;
 
             [CPEvent stopPeriodicEvents];
@@ -522,7 +528,7 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
         _keyBuffer = Nil;
     }
     else
-        _startTime = [CPDate date];
+        _startTime = [CPEvent currentTimestamp];
 }
 
 - (void)scrollToBeginningOfDocument:(CPMenu)menu
@@ -666,8 +672,11 @@ var STICKY_TIME_INTERVAL            = 0.5,
     var index = menu._highlightedIndex - 1;
 
     if (index < 0)
+    {
+        if (index != CPNotFound)
+            [menu _highlightItemAtIndex:[menu numberOfItems] - 1];
         return;
-
+    }
     [menu _highlightItemAtIndex:index];
 
     var item = [menu highlightedItem];
diff --git a/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/AppController.j b/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/AppController.j
index 3c2e43393d..0de3663f20 100644
--- a/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/AppController.j
+++ b/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/AppController.j
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
  * AppController.j
  * CPMenuTest
  *
- * Created by Alexander Ljungberg on August 31, 2010.
- * Copyright 2010, WireLoad, LLC All rights reserved.
+ * Created by Blair Duncan on April 23, 2012.
+ * Copyright 2012, SGL Studio, BBDO Toronto All rights reserved.
  */
 
 @import <Foundation/CPObject.j>
 
-@import "MyView.j"
 
 @implementation AppController : CPObject
 {
@@ -17,16 +16,10 @@
 - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(CPNotification)aNotification
 {
     var theWindow = [[CPWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:CGRectMakeZero() styleMask:CPBorderlessBridgeWindowMask],
-        contentView = [[MyView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMakeZero()];
+        contentView = [theWindow contentView],
+        popupButton = [[CPPopUpButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMakeZero()];
 
-    [contentView setAutoresizingMask:CPViewWidthSizable | CPViewHeightSizable];
-    [theWindow setContentView:contentView];
-
-    var popupButton = [[CPPopUpButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMakeZero()];
-
-    [popupButton addItemWithTitle:@"Item 1"];
-    [popupButton addItemWithTitle:@"Item 2"];
-    [popupButton addItemWithTitle:@"Item 3"];
+    [popupButton addItemsWithTitles:[[CPFontManager sharedFontManager] availableFonts]];
     [popupButton sizeToFit];
 
     [popupButton setAutoresizingMask:CPViewMinXMargin | CPViewMaxXMargin | CPViewMinYMargin | CPViewMaxYMargin];
@@ -37,7 +30,8 @@
     [theWindow orderFront:self];
 
     // Uncomment the following line to turn on the standard menu bar.
-    [CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:YES];
+    //[CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:YES];
 }
 
+
 @end
diff --git a/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/MyView.j b/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/MyView.j
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f2b01870d..0000000000
--- a/Tests/Manual/CPMenuTest/MyView.j
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-@import <AppKit/CPView.j>
-
-@implementation MyView : CPView
-{
-}
-
-- (CPMenu)menu
-{
-    var menu = [[CPMenu alloc] initWithTitle:@""];
-
-    [menu addItemWithTitle:@"Item 1" action:nil keyEquivalent:nil];
-    [menu addItemWithTitle:@"Item 2" action:nil keyEquivalent:nil];
-    [menu addItemWithTitle:@"Item 3" action:nil keyEquivalent:nil];
-
-    return menu;
-}
-
-@end
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