show actions menu tooltip is confusing

Bug #176547 reported by Joachim Noreiko
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

The tooltip for the 'Show actions menu' option is completely incomprehensible.

'If this is off then one of the actions will be available anywhere'
Which action?
Available where? Where is 'anywhere'?

Changed in gdm:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your report, do you have any suggestion to it ?

Changed in gdm:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: New → Incomplete
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Joachim Noreiko (jnoreiko) wrote :

I'd have to know what it means first -- I don't understand what it's trying to say at all.

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Grant Bowman (grantbow) wrote :

Hello Pedro and Joachim,

I am also very confused as to what this checkbox is INTENDED to do. Some guesses as to the intended meaning might be:

1. Instead of 'Show actions menu' it should read 'Hide actions menu' - but I doubt it because of the other related checkbox.
2. In the tooltip of the checkbox "When this is off" should read "When this is checked"
3. In the tooltip of the checkbox "one of the actions" should read "shutdown and restart actions"
4. In the tooltip of the checkbox "available anywhere" really means during the gdm login screen and during the Log Out screen. Maybe those should be specified directly.

So instead of what it reads currently perhaps it should read "When this checked restart and shutdown actions will be available from the login and logout screens."

A separate issue has to do with the checkbox functionality, but that belongs in a different bug report.

Changed in gdm:
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue is deprecated in the karmic version

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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