Deskbar "Computer Actions" could ask for confirmation

Bug #79303 reported by John Moser
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
deskbar-applet
Fix Released
Medium
deskbar-applet (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: deskbar-applet

Deskbar's computer actions happen way too fast. At the very least, "Shutdown" and "Reboot" ask for absolutely no confirmation.

In my case, I had used Deskbar to 'shutdown' and find the "Shutdown the machine" option. Later, I clicked the down arrow and got the history log, in an attempt to get the Deskbar search box. To remedy this, I tried to click the down arrow again; unfortunately, I hit the "Shutdown the machine" history entry. With no confirmation, GNOME instantly vanished and my machine began the shutdown procedure.

This chain of events also exposed me to Malone #79300, as Firefox came back complaining that it had crashed and wanted to restore the old session. A simple enough mis-click can trigger the events in #79300.

To remedy this, I suggest that the Computer Actions ask for confirmation. Log Out, Shutdown, and Reboot need to raise a confirmation dialog when selected from Deskbar. It is far too easy to haphazardly turn your computer off with a few misplaced mouse clicks.

Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406100

Changed in deskbar-applet:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Unknown → Unconfirmed
Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The bug is fixed upstream now

Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

 deskbar-applet (2.21.3-0ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version:
     Changes:
     - Added action to edit evolution contacts
     - Changed icon for category people to stock_people
     - Added icons for matches of gdmactions module
     - Added has_requirements method for GnomeDictHandler,
       GnomeSearchHandler and DevhelpHandler
     - Load icons from user's modules dir, too
     - Fixed bug #479091: KeyError in _on_snippet_closed
     - Fixed bug #471672: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_actions'
     - Fixed bug #499706: add iceweasel as firefox equivalent
     - Fixed bug #406100: Deskbar "Computer Actions" could ask for confirmation
   * debian/patches/100-iceweasel-compat.patch:
     - dropped, fixed with the new version

Changed in deskbar-applet:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in deskbar-applet:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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