Moving bookmark icon in browser causes launcher to unhide

Bug #1002912 reported by DemocritusJr
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Ayatana Design
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Unity
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unity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

If I start to move a bookmark (by left-clicking and holding it in the bookmarks toolbar) in chromium or firefox, the launcher unhides. It doesn't matter if I move it to the left or the right, or how far away I am from the launcher. I have attached a screenshot in which I am moving a bookmark slightly to the right. You can see the launcher has unhidden.

Ubuntu 12.04

This is a minor annoyance. I was trying to move an icon in the bookmark bar to a folder on the left side of the bookmark bar. I couldn't drop it as the launcher was in the way. Still, why should the launcher unhide when I move a bookmark icon?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.12+bzr2351ubuntu0+700
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,imgjpeg,decor,compiztoolbox,place,imgpng,grid,gnomecompat,vpswitch,move,mousepoll,regex,session,dbus,resize,snap,wall,animation,workarounds,expo,fade,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
CrashDB: unity
Date: Tue May 22 08:43:53 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-27 (25 days ago)

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DemocritusJr (disponibel) wrote :
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Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote :

It's intended. The launcher un-hides so you can drag the bookmark onto another window.

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DemocritusJr (disponibel) wrote : Re: [Bug 1002912] Re: Moving bookmark icon in browser causes launcher to unhide

I don't understand why the launcher would be needed to drop the bookmark
in another window. You can't drop it on the launcher itself.

On 05/29/2012 08:13 PM, Bilal Akhtar wrote:
> It's intended. The launcher un-hides so you can drag the bookmark onto
> another window.
>

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Bilal Akhtar (bilalakhtar) wrote :

You can drag it over a launcher icon that supports opening that file format, and it will open it.

Unfortunately, in this case it's a bookmark so nothing other than another FF window can open it. Marking needs-design, on what should happen when a bookmark is dragged.

tags: added: needs-design
Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote :

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 805214, so is being marked as such. Any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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