There are 2 Quit menu options in Quicklist
Bug #683466 reported by
Jay Taoko
This bug affects 2 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Unity |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Stefano Candori | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
|
Stefano Candori |
Bug Description
For applications such as Tomboy, that feature a dynamic menu item, there are 2 "Quit" menu items. One is provided by the dynamic menu item of the application, and the other by the default menu item of the application launcher.
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in unity: | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
tags: | added: bitesize |
Changed in unity: | |
assignee: | nobody → Stefano Candori (cando) |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Stefano Candori (cando) |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Triaged |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → Fix Released |
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I have some concern about this patch as seen in lp:unity revision 711. If I understand right, it uses a string comparison and if the quicklist has Quit that item is stuck somewhere else, presented as THE Quit Application item (whether it quits the application or not). Crafty, but will this hold up across different locales? I suggest checking with the translation people, if you haven't already :)
In addition, I think this might be a HIG violation, for what it's worth. We're using the same button to do two different things: normally it closes all windows in an application, but sometimes it forces that application to stop (no matter what it is doing, like "close windows and stop playing"). While the label suggests the latter in all cases, that isn't at all how it works now (bug #616447) so people will get used to the less destructive window closing behaviour and they may be confused - or, worse, hindered - when the button does something else for the odd application that has a quicklist containing "Quit." The end result could be people not using the button because it seems unreliable or erratic.