Launcher - when the user reveals the Launcher by moving the pointer to the left side of the screen, the Launcher should unfold at exactly the point entered
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Ayatana Design |
Fix Released
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Critical
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John Lea | ||
Unity |
Fix Released
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High
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Andrea Azzarone | ||
unity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Andrea Azzarone |
Bug Description
When the user reveals the Launcher by moving the pointer to the left side of the screen, the Launcher should unfold at exactly the point entered.
To reproduce:
1 . Make sure the Launcher contains a enough icons to cause several icons to fold.
2. Hide the launcher by moving a window into the Launcher space
3. Reveal the launcher by moving the pointer to the left side of the screen at a vertical location where the Launcher has folded icons. A good example is to move the pointer to the very bottom left to try to reveal the trash.
What currently happens:
- The Launcher slides out, the accordion flattens, and then the Launcher starts auto scrolling to the user's location.
What should happen:
- The Launcher should slide out and the Launcher accordion should flatten out centred on the icon in the same vertical position as the user's pointer. There should be no auto-scroll.
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This bug would be an ideal bug for someone to get started hacking on Unity, here's some information:
* Time to fix: 2h
* Difficulty: bitesize
* Implementation:
Implementation of this bug is not that difficult. The primary difficulty will come in making sure the mouse position is properly updated and set for the launcher at the time of entry into the side of the screen. In short, whenever Launcher:
The difficulty in this bug will not be in the implementation, but in the testing to verify its working in all the weird cases that edge reveal can happen with. Prepare.
* Where to look: src/Launcher.cpp
* Workflow information: http://
Related branches
- Jason Smith (community): Approve
- Tim Penhey (community): Approve
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description: | updated |
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assignee: | nobody → John Lea (johnlea) |
tags: | added: udo |
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importance: | Undecided → Critical |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
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status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
assignee: | nobody → Jason Smith (jassmith) |
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status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in unity: | |
milestone: | none → ux-backlog-1 |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: bitesize |
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milestone: | ux-backlog-1 → backlog |
description: | updated |
Changed in unity: | |
assignee: | Jason Smith (jassmith) → Unity Community Hackers (unity-community-hackers) |
description: | updated |
tags: | added: backlog |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → In Progress |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in unity: | |
assignee: | Unity Community Hackers (unity-community-hackers) → Andrea Azzarone (andyrock) |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Andrea Azzarone (andyrock) |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
tags: |
added: reviewedbydesign removed: udo |
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milestone: | backlog → none |
yes, this bug has been pretty annoying, specially for app alerts.
the app icon pops out, wobbles a bit, hides back and when you place your mouse on the position to see what is going on, the launcher unfolds and drags the icon somewhere else (sometimes even hidden from view, till you remember to scroll to find it).
I've seen pretty much every new user get confused by this.
if a fix is released, would be nice to see it in natty too, not just Oneiric.