On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 18:40, nick rundy <nru...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> To help explain this problem I'm going to list an example case: > > - I open Update Manager and maximize the window > -I click Install and a small window appears "on top of" the maximized > window and displays the installation status as it progresses. > > -The updates are going to take a while to complete so I'd like to minimize > the update manager window and gain visual access to my Desktop. My attempt > to "get rid" of the update manager window is where the problem lies: > > -The "small modal-dialog window" does not have a "minimize" button in the > title bar and when I move the mouse to the upper left corner to access the > buttons for the Maximized update manager window the buttons are not > accessible because it can't gain focus because all the focus is on the > small modal-dialog window. I press Alt+F9 in an attempt to minimize the TWO > update manager windows (i.e., the maximized and small "modal-dialog" > window) but nothing happens. > > How can I minimize a window when a modal-dialog has taken over the focus > of the window? Right clicking the Update Manager icon in the Launcher does > not give a minimize option either. > > Anyone consider this a problem with the Unity design? > a window should change its shape and design, it should morph, rather than spawn new little focus stealing "dialog" boxes. MPT had a design for that iirc, morphing windows, especially pertaining to update-manager. I don't know where all that good work went, but it surely didn't land in 11.10, unfortunately. did it?
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