Application indicators should autohide when there are too many
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Hi,
I recently moved from windows 7 to ubuntu. one of the things that is really strange to me is the system tray / notification area / main menu bar "indicator icons" do not auto hide in to a sub menu like windows xp, vista, 7, & 8. It looks like a windows 2000 system tray with icons taking over the entire bar /panel.
I for one like to have a lot of indicator icons which i only use sparingly. this feature /bug is especially annyoing for me because the main menu bar in ubuntu doubles as a universal menu and title bar for all apps /windows (when maximized) and it also contains the main menu and (maximize, minimize, close) buttons leaving even less space.
I use the window title bar for many things like click, draging and dropping, maximizing / restoring windows, right click "menu item close", so since i cant see the menus and the indicator icons take up all the space i end up either clicking on the menu or on one of the indicator icons when i try to do one of the said actions.
In addition if i remove the items from main menu bar then it might be difficult for me to display them if i need them which might require some commands in terminal.
Please create an auto-hide (sub menu) for indicator icons.
system info: ubuntu 14.04 LTS files 3.10.1
affects: | stopmotion (Ubuntu) → ubuntu |
summary: |
- Ubuntu unity status / notification bar launcer icons auto-hide (sub - menu) + Ubuntu unity system tray / notification area / main menu bar launcher + icons auto-hide (sub menu) |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Ubuntu unity system tray / notification area / main menu bar launcher + Ubuntu unity system tray / notification area / main menu bar indicator icons auto-hide (sub menu) |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: indicator removed: launcher |
Changed in ubuntu: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
summary: |
- Ubuntu unity system tray / notification area / main menu bar indicator - icons auto-hide (sub menu) + Application indicators should autohide when there are too many |
affects: | ubuntu → unity (Ubuntu) |
tags: |
added: trusty removed: auto bar hide icons indicator menu notification status sub |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.