Shutdown button and Fitts' law
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gdm (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Karmic |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gdm
The shutdown button on Karmic's gdm is located in the lower right corner. It is close to the screen corner, which is much easier to reach with the mouse, but cannot be clicked by moving the mouse to the corner because of some padding. Since the button is safe (it only opens a menu), there's no reason not to allow this.
Steps to reproduce:
On the login screen, move your mouse down and right. It should stop at the corner pixel. Click the mouse. Nothing happens.
Expected result: The shutdown menu opens.
Fixing this is trivial:
22_shutdown_
gtk_box_pack_end (GTK_BOX (panel-
This should be changed to 0.
The HumanLogin theme should have no menu shadow:
GtkMenuBar:
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Confirmed |
milestone: | none → ubuntu-9.10 |
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
assignee: | Robert Ancell (robert-ancell) → nobody |
Changed in gdm (Ubuntu Karmic): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
This bug was fixed in the package gdm - 2.28.0-0ubuntu9
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gdm (2.28.0-0ubuntu9) karmic; urgency=low
* debian/ gdm.postinst:
- use the correct key to set the gtk theme
[ Robert Ancell ] patches/ 22_shutdown_ menu.patch: patches/ *.patch: patches/ 19_no_greeter_ for_autologin. patch:
* debian/
- Fix spacing on shutdown menu (LP: #437691)
* debian/
- Update patch headers
* debian/
- Fix bug that caused the GDM greeter to be displayed briefly when
automatically logging in (LP: #435801)
-- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:21:09 +0200