Change "hold for menu" button to only show for touch by default

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneHUDOverlay.cs

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ public void TestHoldForMenuDoesWorkWhenHidden()
                 holdForMenu.Action += () => activated = true;
             });
 
+            AddStep("set hold button always visible", () => localConfig.SetValue(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton, true));
             AddStep("set showhud false", () => hudOverlay.ShowHud.Value = false);
             AddUntilStep("hidetarget is hidden", () => hideTarget.Alpha, () => Is.LessThanOrEqualTo(0));
 
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ public void TestInputDoesntWorkWhenHUDHidden()
                 progress.ChildrenOfType<ArgonSongProgressBar>().Single().OnSeek += _ => seeked = true;
             });
 
+            AddStep("set hold button always visible", () => localConfig.SetValue(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton, true));
             AddStep("set showhud false", () => hudOverlay.ShowHud.Value = false);
             AddUntilStep("hidetarget is hidden", () => hideTarget.Alpha, () => Is.LessThanOrEqualTo(0));
 

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestSceneHoldForMenuButton.cs

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <[email protected]>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-#nullable disable
-
 using System.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osu.Framework.Testing;
+using osu.Game.Configuration;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Play.HUD;
 using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Input;
@@ -21,11 +21,19 @@ public partial class TestSceneHoldForMenuButton : OsuManualInputManagerTestScene
 
         protected override double TimePerAction => 100; // required for the early exit test, since hold-to-confirm delay is 200ms
 
-        private HoldForMenuButton holdForMenuButton;
+        private HoldForMenuButton holdForMenuButton = null!;
+
+        [Resolved]
+        private OsuConfigManager config { get; set; } = null!;
 
         [SetUpSteps]
         public void SetUpSteps()
         {
+            AddStep("set button always on", () =>
+            {
+                config.SetValue(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton, true);
+            });
+
             AddStep("create button", () =>
             {
                 exitAction = false;

osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Gameplay/TestScenePause.cs

@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ public void TestQuickExitFromGameplay()
         [Test]
         public void TestExitViaHoldToExit()
         {
+            AddStep("set hold button always visible", () => LocalConfig.SetValue(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton, true));
+
             AddStep("exit", () =>
             {
                 InputManager.MoveMouseTo(Player.HUDOverlay.HoldToQuit.First(c => c is HoldToConfirmContainer));

osu.Game/Configuration/OsuConfigManager.cs

@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ protected override void InitialiseDefaults()
 
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.EditorTimelineShowTimingChanges, true);
             SetDefault(OsuSetting.EditorTimelineShowTicks, true);
+
+            SetDefault(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton, false);
         }
 
         protected override bool CheckLookupContainsPrivateInformation(OsuSetting lookup)
@@ -429,5 +431,6 @@ public enum OsuSetting
         HideCountryFlags,
         EditorTimelineShowTimingChanges,
         EditorTimelineShowTicks,
+        AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton
     }
 }

osu.Game/Localisation/GameplaySettingsStrings.cs

@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ public static class GameplaySettingsStrings
         /// </summary>
         public static LocalisableString AlwaysShowGameplayLeaderboard => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"gameplay_leaderboard"), @"Always show gameplay leaderboard");
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// "Always show hold for menu button"
+        /// </summary>
+        public static LocalisableString AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton => new TranslatableString(getKey(@"always_show_hold_for_menu_button"), @"Always show hold for menu button");
+
         /// <summary>
         /// "Always play first combo break sound"
         /// </summary>

osu.Game/Overlays/Settings/Sections/Gameplay/HUDSettings.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ private void load(OsuConfigManager config)
                     Current = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuSetting.GameplayLeaderboard),
                 },
                 new SettingsCheckbox
+                {
+                    LabelText = GameplaySettingsStrings.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton,
+                    Current = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton),
+                },
+                new SettingsCheckbox
                 {
                     ClassicDefault = false,
                     LabelText = GameplaySettingsStrings.ShowHealthDisplayWhenCantFail,

osu.Game/Screens/Play/HUD/HoldForMenuButton.cs

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public partial class HoldForMenuButton : FillFlowContainer
     {
         public override bool ReceivePositionalInputAt(Vector2 screenSpacePos) => true;
 
+        public override bool PropagatePositionalInputSubTree => alwaysShow.Value || touchActive.Value;
+
         public readonly Bindable<bool> IsPaused = new Bindable<bool>();
 
         public readonly Bindable<bool> ReplayLoaded = new Bindable<bool>();
@@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ public partial class HoldForMenuButton : FillFlowContainer
 
         private OsuSpriteText text;
 
+        private Bindable<bool> alwaysShow;
+
         public HoldForMenuButton()
         {
             Direction = FillDirection.Horizontal;
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ public HoldForMenuButton()
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader(true)]
-        private void load(Player player)
+        private void load(Player player, OsuConfigManager config)
         {
             Children = new Drawable[]
             {
@@ -71,6 +75,8 @@ private void load(Player player)
             };
 
             AutoSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+
+            alwaysShow = config.GetBindable<bool>(OsuSetting.AlwaysShowHoldForMenuButton);
         }
 
         [Resolved]
@@ -117,16 +123,23 @@ protected override void Update()
         {
             base.Update();
 
+            // While the button is hovered or still animating, keep fully visible.
             if (text.Alpha > 0 || button.Progress.Value > 0 || button.IsHovered)
                 Alpha = 1;
-            else
+            // When touch input is detected, keep visible at a constant opacity.
+            else if (touchActive.Value)
+                Alpha = 0.5f;
+            // Otherwise, if the user chooses, show it when the mouse is nearby.
+            else if (alwaysShow.Value)
             {
                 float minAlpha = touchActive.Value ? .08f : 0;
 
                 Alpha = Interpolation.ValueAt(
                     Math.Clamp(Clock.ElapsedFrameTime, 0, 200),
                     Alpha, Math.Clamp(1 - positionalAdjust, minAlpha, 1), 0, 200, Easing.OutQuint);
             }
+            else
+                Alpha = 0;
         }
 
         private partial class HoldButton : HoldToConfirmContainer, IKeyBindingHandler<GlobalAction>