ApplicationDash and FilesDash have non-responsive menu's/Filters

[Andrew Toogood]

Binary package hint: unity

After my Thursday update of Natty I have noticed that the menus/Filters for both the App and Files Dash areas have stopped responding.
The App Dash has a filter on the right with "All Applications"," Accessories " etc but if you try and change it, it does not respond. The same is true in the Files Dash, if you try and change it from "All Files" nothing happens.

I Have tested this before so it must have broken in a recent change.

Cheers,

AT

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.6.6-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
Date: Sat Mar 19 22:19:20 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110228.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_NZ:en
 LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[mlaverdiere (mlaverdiere)]

I'm experiencing the same problem on Natty Alpha 3 with daily updates, but apart from this "me too" statement", I want to point out that the dashes menus/filters are poorly integrated graphically in Unity 3d.

Just compare the 2 screenshots attached, one showing these menus/filters in Unity 3d (unfitted gray background, fonts too small, etc.), the other in Unity 2d where the graphical/theme integration is much more consistent and coherent with the Unity experience. IMHO, we need the same in Unity 3d!

Thanks.

(I don't think that this integration thing needs a specific bug/whish report, but I'll open one if necessary)

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

@Marco: Yeah, this is a known disparity between Unity and Unity2D. While U3D might get some love and polish applied in this particular area it's highly unlikely it will end up with visuals like U2D for Natty. There are some pretty deep technical issues here that we need to figure out between the two projects for Oneiric (if you really really want the details hunt me down on IRC, #ayatana on FreeNode, I'm 'kamstrup' :-)).