Add independent dragging of open/save dialogs

Bug #1050598 reported by ttosttos
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Gala
Fix Released
Low
Cody Garver

Bug Description

Currently, dragging an open/save dialog also moves the parent window. Windows should be de-coupled. The user may need to see the contents of the parent window visible to make a decision on the name or location of the file to open/save. That's currently not possible. See attachment.

Tags: bitesize
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ttosttos (ttosttos) wrote :
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Simeon (simeon5) wrote :

On smaller screens this can sometimes be a real problem because the "ok"- and "cancel"-buttons are located on the bottom.

affects: granite → gala
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Julián Unrrein (junrrein) wrote :

That happens because Gala attaches modal windows to their parent window. Open/Save File dialogs are examples of modal windows.

That feature can be disabled via a dconf key, using dconf-editor for example. I attached a screenshot to show this.

Changed in gala:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in elementaryos:
assignee: nobody → elementary UX Team (elementary-design)
milestone: none → freya-beta2
Changed in elementaryos:
status: New → Confirmed
assignee: elementary UX Team (elementary-design) → nobody
importance: Undecided → Low
tags: added: bitesize
Cody Garver (codygarver)
no longer affects: elementaryos
Changed in gala:
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → freya-beta2
status: Invalid → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Cody Garver (codygarver)
Changed in gala:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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