Dash visibly reorganizes recent items

[Edwin Pujols]

Say my last opened application is Nautilus (Files), then it will appear as the first item in the Dash home lens. Suppose I closed Nautilus. Now I open Firefox via the Dash home lens. If I go back to the Dash home lens, Nautilus will still be the first item in the recent applications. A little duration after opening the Dash, Firefox is then set as the first one.

The problem is that for my hardware (Intel 945GM integrated graphics) this little duration is in the order of a second, so if I would like to open Nautilus I end up clicking on the newly positioned Firefox icon.

I would suggest that all this reorganization, not related to searching, be done in the background while the Dash is closed, so there's no way to make a mistake while trying to click a "moving" icon.

** What happens **
When I open the Dash, the icons are repositioned. The duration of such process is hardware dependent.

** What should happen **
If I am not searching, the positions of the icons in the Dash home lens should be fixed. This implies that the recently used items be sorted while the Dash is closed.

Description: Ubuntu Saucy Salamander (development branch)
Release: 13.10

unity:
  Installed: 7.1.0+13.10.20130903.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 7.1.0+13.10.20130903.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 7.1.0+13.10.20130903.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://do.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity 7.1.0+13.10.20130903.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-5.10-generic 3.11.0
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-5-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
Date: Fri Sep 6 20:10:41 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-31 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130830)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.