Comment 5 for bug 656519

Revision history for this message
Sam Spilsbury (smspillaz) wrote : Re: [Bug 656519] Re: Alt+Space window accessibility menu should not be accessible by right clicking on a window title bar

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Marcel Stimberg
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Changing the status to "Fix Released" and marking a lot of bugs (about exactly the opposite desired behaviour) as duplicates without any comment is very bad practice... Where is the ayatana-design decision documented?
> Coming from bug 668196 this decision seems to contradict the consensus there, see for example Mark Shuttleworth's comment[1]:
> "Yes, the non-menu portion of the panel should be treated like the maximised window titlebar."

That comment is more referring to the intended behavior of the panel
as mirroring the titlebar when maximized, if the behavior of the
titlebar changes then the behavior of the panel does implicitly too.

>
> [1]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/668196/comments/2
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656519
>
> Title:
>  Alt+Space window accessibility menu should not be accessible by right
>  clicking on a window title bar
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
>  Fix Released
> Status in Unity:
>  Triaged
> Status in Unity 2D:
>  Confirmed
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
>  Triaged
> Status in “unity-2d” package in Ubuntu:
>  Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>  The benefit of being able to access the Alt+Space window accessibility
>  menu via right clicking on a window title bar is outweighed by the
>  cost of added complexity.  This menu should remain accessible via
>  Alt+Space for both restored and maximised windows, but should not be
>  accessible via right click.
>
>  Desired change:
>  - remove the right click menu from window title bars
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/656519/+subscriptions
>

--
Sam Spilsbury