"Log out" dialog should not offer options that do not log out
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| gnome-session (Ubuntu) |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
The current logout dialog really does not make sense. Why should a user click "log out" if they actually want to switch user or lock the screen? Any option that does not involve logging out should not be accessed by selecting "log out" from the menu.
As "lock screen" is already in the menu, it can be removed from the dialog with no other changes. It would make sense to also move "switch user" to the top menu, provided switching users is considered to be mature enough in gdm.
Finally, if the top level "log out" option is to make sense, it needs to be made clear that all actions selectable from the dialog will actually log you out, as well as whatever else they might do (eg. shutting down.) The obvious elements would be "log out and: <buttons>" and "just log out."
| Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote | #1 |
Thanks for your bug report. The bug was already reported to our bug tracker as bug 33315. Feel free to file further bugs you find.