=== modified file 'plugins/unityshell/src/PanelIndicatorEntryView.cpp'
--- plugins/unityshell/src/PanelIndicatorEntryView.cpp	2011-09-15 13:14:05 +0000
+++ plugins/unityshell/src/PanelIndicatorEntryView.cpp	2011-09-21 20:55:07 +0000
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
       gtk_style_context_set_state(style_context, GTK_STATE_FLAG_PRELIGHT);
 
     int y = (int)((height - gdk_pixbuf_get_height(pixbuf)) / 2);
-    if (dash_showing_)
+    if (dash_showing_ && !proxy_->active())
     {
       /* Most of the images we get are straight pixbufs (annoyingly), so when
        * the Dash opens, we use the pixbuf as a mask to punch out an icon from