Odd selection launchers/menu

I've forwarded the bug upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=308632

Just wanted to add a screenshot of this bug if it's any help.

Also, the dotted box can appear around the menu panel if you didn't click on any launchers. When you click on a launcher, after that it does what you see in the picture.

Here is the screenshot of the other effect of this bug, where it draws dotted lines around the menu panel.

Any news on this close to three years old bug? It has a low importance concerning functionality of the panel but it's a visual annoyance leaving an unprofessional impression.

Anyone who is a gnome-panel developer, please fix this very old and annoying bug which is so annoying that makes a very bad impression on the whole project. Please look at the code again and try to correct the dotted box to behave normally. Please fix this bug.

Just commented out:

-- button-widget.c --
401: || GTK_WIDGET_HAS_FOCUS (widget)
467-483: if (GTK_WIDGET_HAS_FOCUS (widget)) {...}

-- panel-menu-bar.c --
298: if (GTK_WIDGET_HAS_FOCUS (menubar)) ...

First removes the launcher's highlight when clicking on the menu-bar (still highlighted when pointing the mouse over the launcher).
Second removes the launcher's dotted focus border when clicking on the menu-bar (completely removes it - that's maybe not wanted).
Third removes the menu-bar's dotted focus border when clicking on the menu-bar (completely removes it - that's maybe not wanted).

As I don't know how the panel is supposed to work, this is just a workaround for my pleasure.

Please see this: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=107229&action=diff

Why is this bug in progress for so long? Fix it fast because the final version of Ubuntu is about to come.

hardy is only one version of ubuntu and this bug is a minor cosmetic detail, not an urgent thing to get resolved

Don't take this as rant, but the word "urgent" in an almost three years old bug report seems a bit ironic. There will always be TODOs with a higher priority - sounds like starvation. :-)

the bug has been fixed upstream now

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-panel - 1:2.23.6-0ubuntu1

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gnome-panel (1:2.23.6-0ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    Panel
    - Fix assertion in multiscreen code
    - Use GtkMountOperation instead of custom code
    - Lots of code cleanup
    - Use GIO to open URI, including mounting volumes if required
    - Improve use of GIO to open recent documents, including startup
      notification
    - Do not show lock/logout/shutdown in the menus if those items are
      locked down
    - Fix cosmetic issue when opening the menu where launchers or applets
      got the focus drawn (lp: #18361)
    - Fix compilation on OS where MAXNAMLEN is not defined
    - Change behavior of struts for auto-hiding panels: the strut is live
      updated and matches what is shown of the panel. This means the size
      of a fullscreen window changes when the panel gets hidden/unhidden
    Misc
    - Require GTK+ 2.13.1
    - Explicitly require gio-unix-2.0
    - Require libgweather 2.23.6
    Clock Applet
    - Use new GWeatherLocationEntry and GWeatherTimezoneMenu widgets to
      select location/timezone
  * debian/control.in:
    - updated libgtk and libgweather requirements
  * debian/patches/80_disable_movement_option.patch:
    - add a menu item to disable the posibility to dnd gnome-panels which can
      be confusing for users, thanks Vincent Untz (lp: #250862)

 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:25:46 +0200

So, in other words, we have to wait for Intrepid before this is fixed? Great: 3.5 years and counting...

I seem to have a regression of this bug. Instead of dotted lines, I get the Gnome 'icon selected' orange highlight/box around my launchers.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Click on any panel launcher,

Result: Launcher, erm, launches, and an orange 'highlight' box placed on top of launcher icon indicating its selection.

ALSO:
1) Click and hold down button on panel launcher.
2) Move mouse off of launcher to blank panel space (i.e. grey space.)
3) Release mouse button.

Result: Orange 'highlight' box placed on top of launcher icon indicating its selection.

I can get rid of the box by clicking on any other panel item (including Applications/Places/System.) Please note that this occurs using *both* Compiz and Metacity.

Specifications:
HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop
Gnome Version: 2.26.1
Linux Kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic
gnome-panel 1:2.26.0-0ubuntu7 (jaunty)
I am running Jaunty with all current updates.

Apparently, updates to this page aren't sent to subscribers (such as myself) since it's already marked as 'Fix Released'?

Please read my last comment:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/18361/comments/14

don't reopen bugs if you have similar issues open new one

don't reopen bugs if you have similar issues open new ones rather