Just a technical follow-up. This is all trivially changed in a couple lines of code thanks to some excellent work from Didrocks. Whatever is decided upon can be rapidly implemented.
On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 09:34 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm using up-to-date Natty with Unity 3.8.4 and I'm seeing a problem > with the way items are presented upon launcher unhide. If I'm not not > mistaken, then there currently are three ways to unhide the launcher: > > 1. Moving the mouse in the top-left corner BFB (home button): > The launcher unhides with the launcher items expanded, putting > half of my launcher items off-screen. When moving the mouse > outside of the BFB, the launcher items fold. > > 2. Pressing and holding the Super key: > The launcher unhides with the launcher items folded, which > expand a short time later, showing the shortcut overlays. > > 3. Pressing Alt + F1 to initiate keyboard navigation: > The launcher unhides with the launcher items expanded > and the first launcher item highlighted. > > It's my understanding, that when I manually unhide the launcher, I also > want to see its _whole_ content (which is the case with disabled > autohide). What I would expect to see: > > Case 1: > Don't expand the launcher items on BFB-mouseover. They'll still > expand on launcher-mouseover, which IMO is closer to launcher > interaction than touching the BFB. > > Case 2: > Don't expand the launcher items when holding down the super key. > The shortcut overlays for lower launcher items are unreadable > either because the items are folded or the items are off-screen, > so I don't see the point in expanding them. > > Case 3: > Only expanding the launcher items after the first action (key down). > > Any thoughts? > > Regards, > > Hernando Torque > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Jason Smith | Desktop Experience Team GNOME Developer Canonical Ltd. T. +1.248.756.6266 | [email protected] Ubuntu - Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
