Notifications should become transparent after a little mouse movement even when they appear over the mouse pointer
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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notify-osd (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: notify-osd
Steps to reproduce:
1) Move a mouse pointer to the place where notifications appear
2) Increase volume so that a notification appears - it is opaque (and it's OK)
3) Move a mouse so that it doesn't leave the notification rectangle
What happens:
Notification doesn't become transparent
What should happen:
User shouldn't be forced to move mouse out of the notification and back in to see what's under it.
(Whereas I fully understand why a notification which appears above a mouse pointer is opaque but I think it should become transparent again after even a little movement.)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: b35340b62900295
CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a55581
Date: Thu Oct 15 06:19:47 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
GtkTheme: Human
IconTheme: Humanity
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Alpha amd64 (20091008)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500
Package: notify-osd 0.9.23-0ubuntu1
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4
libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
xserver-
xserver-
SourcePackage: notify-osd
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64
WindowManager: compiz
dmi.bios.date: 05/08/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A13
dmi.board.name: 0NY667
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
Changed in notify-osd (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Incomplete |
The current behavior is by design: "If the pointer is over the area where a bubble is about to appear, it should appear as normal, ignoring the pointer unless it leaves and then re-enters the area."
You suggest that *any* mouse movement should cause the bubble to decloak, but I doubt this is a good idea. For example, what if you're in the middle of selecting some text in that area, or using a menu, or drawing a picture? That the pointer is moving doesn't necessarily mean you're not studying that area.