Pressing <enter> in Unity Alt+F2 sometimes passes incomplete command
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
| unity-lens-applications |
In Progress
|
Undecided
|
Bilal Akhtar | ||
| unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
| unity-place-applications (Ubuntu) |
In Progress
|
Low
|
Bilal Akhtar | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity
Steps:
1) <Alt-F2>
2) Type 'xlogo'
3) Wait until xlogo appears. Click on it with the mouse.
4) Close the xlogo window that appears
5) <Alt-F2>
6) Quickly type 'xeyes<enter>'
Expected Behaviour:
- 1 xlogo window appears
- 1 xeyes window appears.
Actual Behaviour:
- 2 xlogo window appears.
It seems that this <alt-f2> run dialog is not implemented as a run dialog, but an active incremental search dialog, and the <enter> stops the search from running and simply runs the last match. If you type the command name too quickly, the search never functions at all, and the previous search result from the previous invocation is used.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,
Date: Tue Mar 15 22:51:13 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110127)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-02-25 (18 days ago)
| Nicholas Christian Langkjær Ipsen (ncli) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in unity: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Changed in unity: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| Stephen Thorne (jerub) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in unity-place-applications: | |
| assignee: | nobody → Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| summary: |
- Unity's ALT+F2 lacks functionality present in Gnome 2.XX + Pressing <enter> in Unity Alt+F2 sometimes passes incomplete command |
| description: | updated |
| Changed in unity-place-applications (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
I have done some testing with this bug. I can replicate with this technique the mode of failure in the alt-f2 runner:
Steps:
1) <Alt-F2>
2) Type 'xlogo'
3) Wait until xlogo appears. Click on it with the mouse.
4) Close the xlogo window that appears
5) <Alt-F2>
6) Quickly type 'xeyes<enter>'
Expected Behaviour:
- 1 xlogo window appears
- 1 xeyes window appears.
Actual Behaviour:
- 2 xlogo window appears.
It seems that this <alt-f2> run dialog is not implemented as a run dialog, but an active incremental search dialog, and the <enter> stops the search from running and simply runs the last match. If you type the command name too quickly, the search never functions at all, and the previous search result from the previous invocation is used.
I would appreciate someone replicating this behavior for me.