Accidental showing of launcher takes a long time to hide
Bug #701291 reported by
Robert Ancell
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #765819: Launcher - Make Launcher left of screen reveal more responsive and less prone to false positives.
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This bug affects 4 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayatana Design |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| Unity |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity
Using Unity I find myself accidentally showing the launcher (e.g. aiming for the back button in Firefox when maximised) and this covers the element I am trying to click. When this occurs, I have to move the mouse off the launcher and wait for the launcher to timeout and this takes a few seconds.
A possible way to make this less costly is to immediately hide the launcher when clicking on the window.
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Revision history for this message
| Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote Re: [Bug 701291] [NEW] Accidental showing of launcher takes a long time to hide | #1 |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Wishlist → Low |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in ayatana-design: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Omer Akram (om26er) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
| status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
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status confirmed
importance low
Clicking on a window other than the launcher could quickly hide the
launcher. This is at least worth trying.
On the other hand, the current behaviour of the launcher reveal is not
as designed. The launcher should be "fading in" when the mouse starts
crossing the Ubuntu button, but it should only be "locked in" when you
hit the corner. This way, you get a hint that you're overshooting when
you hit the button, but you can stop and retrace your steps and avoid
the launcher being clicked into place altogether. Please file a separate
bug for that behaviour - it's in the design doc.
Mark