Ignore panel area when edge flipping
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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compiz (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hello! This is about Compiz on Ubuntu Gutsy, though it probably applies to every distribution out there (and to many window managers, too).
Compiz allows flipping between workspaces when the mouse cursor touches the screen edges (including when dragging some object). This is a useful behavior, and I think it's enabled by default.
However, there is a problem: another very useful behavior is to have panel applets in the corners of the screen. For instance, I have the applications menu in the top left, "show desktop" at the bottom left, shut-down in the top right and the trash in the bottom right. Since they're at the corner, they're very easy to hit by the user by simply dragging the cursor all the way.
For instance, I can drag a file towards the bottom right without being very careful about targeting, and be sure to hit the Trash. However, with the Compiz behavior I mentioned above, this flips the screen instead of leaving the cursor on the Trash. (I have disabled screen flipping when not dragging something, but if not I would have the same behavior when trying to hit the applications menu or the show desktop button.)
It would be very helpful if the "edge actions" of Compiz ignored the corners (at least optionally), within a certain area (say, the height of a panel).
Changed in compiz: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Changed in compiz (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
summary: |
- edge flipping of workspaces should ignore panel area + Ignore panel area when edge flipping |
Hi Bogdan
you report this issue some time ago and hasn't been any activity for a while, so i was wondering if this is still an issue for you under the development version of Ubuntu, Hardy Heron.
Thanks in advance