[dash] Filter pane doesn't clear its background when switching lenses

[Sunil Rana]

Once maximized there is no way to restore dash to the original position. Also filter options for different lenses show overlapped with each other.

Thanks

[Florian Boucault (fboucault)]

Thanks for the bug report Sunil. Can you please add a screenshot of what you are experiencing?

[Sunil Rana (sunil-rana)]

Please also try going through filters when dash is maximized to the full screen. It produces the same result. Strangely after seeing the the mess above, when u maximize, the mess disappears. But it again happens their if try change the lenses. Also I don't understand why there is no way to restore to the original size from the maximum. I have tried hovering my mouse in the top left corner; no thing happens there.

[Alberto Mardegan (mardy)]

I'm also seeing this, it's probably a regression (never saw it before).
I'll look into it, to distract myself from valgrind :-)

[Alberto Mardegan (mardy)]

The regression was introduced with revision 726.

[Sunil Rana (sunil-rana)]

Sorry the following statement is not about the bug. Don't you think in lenses users would like to see all the application they have installed without clicking the show more button. I as a user don't want to all the time see what is available to download so that can remain as it is now. Secondly wouldn't it be nice to have filter displayed by default and the the button changed to hide filters. More over, on the shortcut lens , displayed by home lens, wouldn't it be better if users are allowed to add their own shortcuts to that lens.

More over, wouldn't it be nice to have some app that let user submit feedback as it is in Google+. That way users will feel more connected to the developing community and thus Ubuntu community as a whole will become better.

I didn't know whom to address these thoughts of mine. I hope the person dealing with the bug know it better.

Thanking you.

Sunil

[Alberto Mardegan (mardy)]

Hi Sunil, thanks for your suggestions; there is a specific launchpad project for design discussions:
https://launchpad.net/ayatana

You can subscribe to the mailing list (https://launchpad.net/~ayatana) if you want to confront your suggestions with other people, and/or file bugs for the design team to evaluate them.

[Michał Sawicz (saviq)]

I filed bug 860400 for the "no way to unmaximize" issue.

@Sunil to me, the most important feature of the dash is type-to-search, browsing IMO is a fallback to not display the empty dash when there's no search perfomed.

[Sunil Rana (sunil-rana)]

@ Michal Thanks. What I wrote is details. I want Ubuntu to be best in tiniest of the details. Apple for mac has always paid attention to the details. Thanks for Quick response.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 4.12.0-0ubuntu1

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unity-2d (4.12.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - unity-2d-panel assert failure: *** glibc detected *** unity-2d-panel:
      malloc(): smallbin double linked list corrupted: 0x08313b28 ***
      (LP: #845979)
    - unity-2d-panel assert failure: *** glibc detected *** unity-2d-panel:
      corrupted double-linked list: 0x094bc9b0 *** (LP: #852012)
    - unity-2d-panel crashed with SIGSEGV (LP: #843432)
    - Dragging downwards from the menu bar or double clicking on the menu bar
      should un-maximise the window (LP: #661049)
    - [dash] Dash is shown when pressing and releasing quickly super+KEY
      (LP: #801073)
    - [dash] Do search, scroll down using mouse, then maximise window. Layout
      breaks (LP: #817421)
    - F10 doesn't start keyboard navigation to the panel (LP: #839628)
    - [dash] Gridview moves to top when you open or close the "Show X more.."
      dropdown or the Filter pane (LP: #850036)
    - Impossible to navigate between panel menus when the mouse cursor is over
      the panel (LP: #834065)
    - [panel] F10 menu initially shown about half screen down (LP: #853766)
    - [dash] Filter pane doesn't clear its background when switching lenses
      (LP: #858590)
    - [shortcuts] <Super><Shift># should launch a new instance of #
      application (LP: #768006)
    - unity-2d-spread missing background images when path includes Unicode
      (LP: #855508)
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:58:34 +0200