Launcher - Add Launcher reveal proximity effect hint

Bug #928812 reported by John Lea
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Fix Committed
Medium
John Lea
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

--- The design ---

See http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/launcher-reveal-prototype/

The prototype is also available from http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/unity-multi-monitor-interactions/

I will describe the design below, but I am only really describing what is in the prototype so it is worth downloading it and having a play. Note that the prototype has issues when running on Precise, because the pointer trapping in the prototype conflicts with the Precise pointer trapping. But you can still test the Launcher reveal in the prototype by moving the pointer towards against the edge of the left most screen.

--- The behavior ---

1. Firstly there is a proximity effect as you move your pointer *close* to the launcher (a shadow starts to reveal). See prototype for exact behavour.

2. When the pointer reaches the edge of the screen, the user can continue pushing the pointer left. The further the pointer is pushed, the more the shadow reveals. This continues until the point where the launcher reveal is triggered. At this point the launcher snaps out.

--- Visual assets ---

The image itself is only 16x1. Stewart stretched the image vertically to the height of the Launcher, and paint with an opacity of 0.75

See attached file proxshadow.png

Tags: udp
Revision history for this message
John Lea (johnlea) wrote :
Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
importance: Undecided → Critical
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: udp
Changed in unity:
milestone: none → backlog
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
importance: Critical → High
Revision history for this message
Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb) wrote :

Fix Released, no?

Tim Penhey (thumper)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in ayatana-design:
importance: High → Medium
Andrea Azzarone (azzar1)
no longer affects: unity
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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