plank stays on top during save dialog is open

Bug #1033587 reported by dkotrada
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Pantheon Dock
Fix Released
High
Rico Tzschichholz

Bug Description

If I try to save something, plank disturbs me to click on a save button.

Tags: gala plank

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dkotrada (dkotrada) wrote :
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Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz) wrote :

@UX: I guess the only hide on maximized active window for elementary-hide needs some thinking.

Changed in gala:
assignee: nobody → elementary UX Team (elementary-design)
importance: Undecided → Low
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Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz) wrote :

@alfalive: I assume you are using the default elementary settings for plank here (which is the elementary hide-mode)

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dkotrada (dkotrada) wrote : Re: [Bug 1033587] Re: plank stays on top during save dialog is open

Yes I use default settings.

2012/8/6 Rico Tzschichholz <email address hidden>:
> @alfalive: I assume you are using the default elementary settings for
> plank here (which is the elementary hide-mode)
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> Title:
> plank stays on top during save dialog is open
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> Status in Gala Window Manager:
> New
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> Bug description:
> If I try to save something, plank disturbs me to click on a save
> button.
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affects: gala → elementaryos
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Amit Mendapara (cristatus) wrote :

It's really annoying with Eclipse which has some large dialogs.

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Otto Robba (otto-ottorobba) wrote :

Also happens with Geary when you try to compose a new message on a small screen.

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Otto Robba (otto-ottorobba) wrote :

Suggestion as to how it can be fixed: force all modal/secondary windows to open as if plank was a panel, meaning that they avoid the space that is occupied by plank. This way, if you are in, for example, Geary, the application will be sized normally but the compose email window will avoid invading plank's area and thus, it will all be usable without hassle.

If that is not possible, force all new windows to avoid plank's area and save a window's resized information (if you stretch something, it should reopen stretched).

Cody Garver (codygarver)
affects: elementaryos → pantheon-dock
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Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz) wrote :

While we can consider dialogs important for user-inactions i would go that far and have the dock avoid obstruction them. This means hide the dock in this case. Even if gala would positioning the dialog differently it could still get covered on smaller screens.

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Danielle Foré (danrabbit) wrote :

Rico, why not just have the dock set struts? If the space is really needed, the window can be maximized. Otherwise the dock and windows should probably not overlap, imo.

Changed in pantheon-dock:
importance: Low → High
Chris Johns (ter0)
Changed in pantheon-dock:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in pantheon-dock:
assignee: elementary UX Team (elementary-design) → nobody
Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in pantheon-dock:
milestone: none → 0.3-beta1
Changed in pantheon-dock:
assignee: nobody → Rico Tzschichholz (ricotz)
milestone: 0.3-beta1 → luna-rc1
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in pantheon-dock:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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