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gnome-panel package

Gnome Panel doesn't remember "hide" setting

Bug #152815 reported by Rafael Capanema
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-panel (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnome-panel

Since I use Avant Window Navigator, I always hide the lower GNOME panel to the left. But after upgrading to Ubuntu Gutsy, when I restart the computer, the lower panel appears again, and I have to hide it manually every time.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug. What is "Avant Window Navigator"? Where did you get it?

Changed in gnome-panel:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Burhan Khalid (burhankhalid) wrote :

This problem is not restricted to Avant Window Navigator (http://launchpad.net/awn). I have my top panel set so that it doesn't autofill, and I have hidden my bottom panel.

The problem is a bit difficult to explain, so I have taken a series of screenshots illustrating the issue.

1. http://www.meidomus.com/images/gnome-panel/1.png

This is what I see when I initially login, you can see the current settings in the properties window. The panel should be on the top, but for some reason it thinks this location is the top of the screen.

2. http://www.meidomus.com/images/gnome-panel/2.png

Here I have set the orientation to 'Right'.

3. http://www.meidomus.com/images/gnome-panel/3.png

After setting it to 'Right', I have set it to 'Bottom'. If you compare this screenshot with the first one, you will see that the panel has moved down, even though it is set to 'Bottom'. If I repeat steps 2 and 3, the panel keeps shifting down.

4. http://www.meidomus.com/images/gnome-panel/4.png

From screenshot 3, I have set orientation to 'Top' (no effect), but after clicking 'Expand' I get what you see there.

5. http://www.meidomus.com/images/gnome-panel/5.png

Finally, after unchecking 'Expand' I am back to my initial settings before I logged out.

As a side effect of this, if *any* item in the panel is unlocked, all items in the panel will be moved around (even the locked ones -- like the notification area). To solve this, you have to explicitly set all items on the panel to be 'locked'.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Could you attach the screenshots to launchpad rather than on an external website?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in gnome-panel:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Duncan Lithgow (duncan-lithgow) wrote :

I've picked up an aspect of gnome-panel forgetting it's state in a new bug report, bug 489759

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