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should directly hide the launcher if displayed by super and the key is released

Bug #705805 reported by Sebastien Bacher
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Fix Released
Undecided
Unassigned
Unity
Fix Released
Low
Didier Roche-Tolomelli
Unity 3.2.16
unity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity

Using unity 3.2.14 in natty, you can press the super key to display the launcher, that's handy if you want to see what softwares did just claim your attention for example, it would be nice if the launcher would go hidding when you release the key rather than waiting some seconds though in those cases

Related branches

lp:~didrocks/unity/fix-705805
Mirco Müller (community): Approve
Diff: 56 lines (+10/-3)
1 file modified
src/Launcher.cpp (+10/-3)
lp:~ubuntu-desktop/unity/ubuntu (Merged)
lp:ubuntu/natty/unity
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Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks) wrote :

Not waiting for the one extra second is definitively doable, but needs design input and maybe be coherent with the effect you have when you hover the ubuntu logo and move the mouse outside of it (and the launcher).

It's not some extra seconds, just one for the record (the launcher just stay drawn as long as you push the super key + 1 extra second before hiding if your mouse isn't on top of it)

Changed in unity:
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 705805] Re: should directly hide the launcher if displayed by super and the key is released

Here's design guidance:

 - the Launcher should be visible for at least a second
 - if the user has held Super for more than a second, so it's been
visible for that length, it can disappear as soon as Super is released

So, the instant Super is pressed we can determine the earliest time it
should disappear (one second later), and if Super is held longer than
that, then releasing Super should hide the launcher immediately.

Mark

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → Low
Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Didier Roche (didrocks)
milestone: none → 3.2.16
Neil J. Patel (njpatel)
Changed in unity:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package unity - 3.2.16-0ubuntu1

---------------
unity (3.2.16-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release:
    - Add the Launcher BaseWindow to the a11y component only if a11y was
      initialized (LP: #705442)
    - Enable _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY windows (like gimp toolbox) to hide
      the Launcher (LP: #706109)
    - Fix the defaul indicators size, making them inconsistent (LP: #705803)
    - Always have the indicator session to the top right (LP: #705697)
    - Show launcher when places are activated (LP: #705948)
    - Fix memory leaks in dash (LP: #705705)
    - Support i18n (LP: #697166)
    - Enabling double click on the launcher to restore a maximized window
      (LP: #661049)
    - Update the title bar on tab change (LP: #691651)
    - Hide the launcher instantanly on key press or dash if we have already
      waited the launcher trigger time (LP: #705805)
    - Make sure keypad keys also work in the search entry (LP: #599902)
    - Dash elipsizes file and application names too soon, making them unreadable
      (LP: #632526)
    - Implement Places Group View (LP: #704493)
  * debian/control:
    - ensure we have latest bamf and nux
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:43:29 +0100

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