too easy to trigger the apps switcher / spread on desktop

[dinamic]

too easy to trigger the apps switcher / spread on desktop :'(

i liked this feature at first but now it's becoming super frustrating to use unity8. i accidentally trigger the spread way to often in many unwanted ways. 2/3 times when i want to restart and i go with the mouse on the indicator (top right) i trigger the spread, or when i want to scroll a page that is semi maximized to the right (ctrl super right), or when i'm playing neverball with the mouse etc

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

I agree, the switcher pops up too often by accident. It needs a higher edge pressure threshold, or no edge gesture at all.

[Olof Rydberg (0lof)]

Why would it have a edge trigger? For desktop usage there's Alt + Tab.

When there's no keyboard, swipe (touch screen) or use the launcher (touch or mouse).

I have only tried desktop mode a few times with mouse and keyboard but this was a problem.

[doniks (kaabud-lp)]

I'm using a Nexus 7 tablet. Previously (around the time this bug was raised) I ran rc-proposed. Right now I have OTA-14 stable. Sometimes I use the tablet with external mouse and keyboard.

When this bug was raised I was sharing the sentiment. With a mouse I often triggered it unintentionally. But there were also times where I did want to trigger it, but failed. I moved the mouse to the right, saw the spread come up, assumed it was fully triggered and started moving the mouse left again towards whereever I wanted to click, only to realize that the spread wasn't /fully/ triggered but only in some preview state and moving left would immediately collaps it. So I had to retry.

Nowadays, I still sometimes trigger the spred even though I don't want to and sometimes I don't trigger it fully even when I want, but both has become less. Maybe it's just my muscle memory learning it, or maybe there has been some finetuning recently?!

As for the suggestion to disable the edge gesture (mayben when no touch is present, or when a mouse is present). I guess it would be an option, but I think I might actually miss it. I tend to /stick/ to an input device for a period of time. Meaning when I'm typing, I will most definitely switch with Alt-Tab and not reach away from the keyboard to the mouse. Similarly when I am scrolling around with my finger on the screen I would dislike if if I /had/ to reach over to keyboard or mouse for anything. And also when I'm leaned back, surfing through some websites using the mouse, then I don't want to use anything else than the mouse to switch back to my news reader or music player. In those cases I find it quite nice to have the spread available when using only the mouse. It would be /possible/ to switch applications with the laucher on the left, but I do prefer the spread on the right.

Bottom line of all my babbling, while it isn't perfect yet, it is a complicated story with many aspects that should be balanced and a /quick fix/ of /just/ turning it off without touch might be too simplistic.

[Olof Rydberg (0lof)]

The best would be to add it to the settings, make the behaviour optional (like the hiding of the launcher in Unity 7), forgot to add that to my post.