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Don't switch title to menu when hovering window buttons

Bug #691808 reported by Hernando Torque on 2010-12-18

This bug affects 6 people

	Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
Unity	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned	Unity 4.4.0
unity-2d	Fix Released	Low	Alberto Mardegan
unity (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Low	Unassigned
unity-2d (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

When hovering the window buttons in the top panel, the window title switches to the menu. I find this distracting, but maybe it's intended behavior to deal with overshoots when trying to hit the first menu item. A fix for bug 691776 might fix this one as well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.2.8-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-8.21-generic 2.6.37-rc4
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/allscreens/options/active_plugins'
Date: Sat Dec 18 08:24:02 2010
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c048 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
PciDisplay: 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600 GT] [10de:0140] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-8-generic root=UUID=025c4231-b78a-48bf-93e9-d20c5b5ce8e3 ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash bootchart=disable acpi_enforce_resources=lax vga=792
ProcVersionSignature_: Ubuntu 2.6.37-8.21-generic 2.6.37-rc4
RelatedPackageVersions:
xserver-xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3b1
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.9+repack-1ubuntu3
libdrm2 2.4.22-2ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.13.901-2ubuntu2
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.13.2-1ubuntu2
SourcePackage: unity
dmi.bios.date: 03/29/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: LP NF4 Series
dmi.board.vendor: DFI Corp,LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd03/29/2006:svn:pn:pvr:rvnDFICorp,LTD:rnLPNF4Series:rvr1.0:cvn:ct3:cvr:
system: distro = Ubuntu, architecture = i686, kernel = 2.6.37-8-generic

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lp:~rafalcieslak256/unity/fix-691808

Merged into lp:unity at revision 1277

Gord Allott (community): Approve on 2011-07-13

lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu (Merged)

lp:ubuntu/oneiric/unity

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Hernando Torque (htorque) wrote on 2010-12-18:

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Lspci.txt Edit (12.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Xrandr.txt Edit (14.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XsessionErrors.txt Edit (13.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (29.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Omer Akram (om26er) on 2010-12-18

Changed in unity:
status:	New → Confirmed

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote on 2010-12-19: Re: [Bug 691808] Re: Don't switch title to menu when hovering window buttons

I'll confirm this for the record. The switch should happen on approach
to the menu area itself.

Mark

Alex Launi (alexlauni) on 2010-12-20

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

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Ryan Kitty (gothickitty93) wrote on 2010-12-22:

I (personally) find the switching to the menu when hovering to be distracting too. I feel that it should be shown the entire time, except when on the desktop with no programs open. In that case, it should work by hovering like it does now. Maybe a tooltip could appear on installation to the user to show that this desktop menu exists.

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote on 2011-01-16:

status confirmed
importance low

Agreed, but setting low as it does not prevent usage of Unity for anybody.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Low

Florian Boucault (fboucault) on 2011-01-16

Changed in unity-2d:
status:	New → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-02-12:

does this qualify as bitesize, anyone?

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Matt Sturgeon (mattsturgeon) wrote on 2011-02-26:

I personally feel that showing the menu when hovering over the panel's window controls an attractive behaviour.

It shows new users, when they go to interact with a window, that there is a menubar hidden in the top-panel that shows when they hover over it.

To me this advertises the hidden global menubar, without effecting any of the design concepts or paradigms.

Changed in unity:
status:	Confirmed → Opinion
Changed in unity-2d:
status:	Confirmed → Opinion

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Matt Sturgeon (mattsturgeon) wrote on 2011-02-26:

(non-Ubuntu) Unity and Unity-2D --- Confirmed --> Opinion

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2011-02-28

Changed in unity:
status:	Opinion → Confirmed

Florian Boucault (fboucault) on 2011-03-01

Changed in unity-2d:
status:	Opinion → Confirmed

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2011-05-31

Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Omer Akram (om26er) wrote on 2011-06-18:

I think its a bitesize, please excuse if its not :)

tags:

added: bitesize

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Rafał Cieślak (rafalcieslak256) wrote on 2011-07-10:

I'm pretty sure I have fixed it in lp:~rafalcieslak256/unity/fix-691808.

Gord Allott (gordallott) on 2011-07-13

Changed in unity:
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Committed

Gord Allott (gordallott) on 2011-07-21

Changed in unity:
milestone:	none → 4.4.0

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) on 2011-07-21

Changed in unity:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-07-21:

#10

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 4.4.0-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (4.4.0-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - moving a launcher icon around generates lots of disk write activity
      (LP: #733425)
    - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in sigc::signal_base::impl() (LP: #762801)
    - Drag and drop a USB key into the trash should eject the USB key
      (LP: #764905)
    - unity window decorator needs to support different metacity frame types
      (LP: #795048)
    - Don't switch title to menu when hovering window buttons (LP: #691808)
    - spacing between indicators should be 5 pixels (LP: #734010)
    - Dash: highlight box is mis-aligned with smaller icon (LP: #761465)
    - Merge libindicator scroll signals (LP: #804618)
    - unity: Dead code in Launcher.cpp: "mask | (Button1Mask & Button2Mask &
      Button3Mask)" (LP: #805327)
    - TrashLauncherIcon::UpdateTrashIconCb is leaking (LP: #806984)
    - Title fade effect no longer works (LP: #809907)
    - Accessibility support not initialized on Oneiric (LP: #810033)
  * debian/control:
    - build-dep on libnotify-dev
    - bump libnux-1.0-dev dep for ABI break
  * debian/rules:
    - bump libunity-core-4.0-4 shlib for ABI break
-- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:41:15 +0200

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released

Alberto Mardegan (mardy) on 2011-08-12

Changed in unity-2d:
assignee:	nobody → Alberto Mardegan (mardy)
status:	Confirmed → Triaged

Florian Boucault (fboucault) on 2011-09-20

Changed in unity-2d:
status:	Triaged → Fix Released
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Fix Released

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