Comment 5 for bug 567797

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Micah Chen (umfs) wrote : Re: [Bug 567797] Re: Docky is not target for minimize animation

Ok, I see. 2 months ago, some guy of this channel told me they won't take
care of this bug cuz it's a minor. I was so disappointed and quit using
docky since then.

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Robert Dyer <email address hidden> wrote:

> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 495065 ***
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495065
>
> Please trust the devs - this is a duplicate bug. The window minimize
> animation in Compiz uses the icon geometry for the window to minimize
> 'to the icon'. This point gets broken (quite easily) and causes things
> like window previews and minimize animations to be wrong.
>
> --
> Docky is not target for minimize animation
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567797
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of a duplicate bug (via bug 495065).
>
> Status in Docky: New
>
> Bug description:
> Using Compiz with the Animations plugin I find that using minimize
> animations that normally target the taskbar - such as "zoom" or "glide 2" -
> often fails to minimize "towards" Docky. That is to say, instead of
> targeting the launcher in Docky, the window minimizes towards the cursor, or
> rather towards the point on the screen where the minimize animation was
> originally triggered.
> The problem only seems to affect applications that have a launcher on
> Docky. If an applications is launched that doesn't have a launcher on Docky,
> the minimize animation for that window will work as expected.
> Windows that were initially started from a launcer on Docky will eventually
> start behaving correctly. However, I am not able to consistently recreate
> conditions under which this happens. Usually I will simply notice, after a
> few minutes of doing various other things, that the window has started
> minimizing correctly.
>
>
> Terminal output does not seem to give any relevant information other than
> version numbers.
> [Info 11:38:22.696] Docky version: 2.0.2 Release
> [Info 11:38:22.703] Kernel version: 2.6.32.21
> [Info 11:38:22.704] CLR version: 2.0.50727.1433
> [Debug 11:38:22.941] [UserArgs] BufferTime = 0
> [Debug 11:38:22.941] [UserArgs] MaxSize = 2147483647
> [Debug 11:38:22.941] [UserArgs] NetbookMode = False
> [Debug 11:38:22.941] [UserArgs] NoPollCursor = False
> [Info 11:38:23.021] [DockController] Setting theme: Classic
> [Info 11:38:24.924] [DrawingService] Could not find 'deluge', using
> fallback of 'extension'.
> [Info 11:38:24.928] [DrawingService] Could not find 'gajim', using
> fallback of 'extension'.
> [Info 11:38:24.932] [DrawingService] Could not find 'gtg', using fallback
> of 'extension'.
> [Info 11:38:24.950] [DrawingService] Could not find 'pidgin', using
> fallback of 'extension'.
>
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