I think we have a much deeper problem here: Some apps (nautlilus, control panel, gitg, ....) are using new features (like the launcher icon context menu, mabye first provided by Unity, borderless windows etc.) and do not provide a reliable fallback for old desktops.
So if the new features prove useful, the old desktops should retrofit them somehow (eg. making for example gnome-fallback handle external application menus like the Unity launcher icon menus) or the libs used to access these features should provide an internal fallback mechanism. A borderless window should never be shown without resize handles if it would have some in Unity. It is bad to load up the developers of apps with the handling of this new features, as many of them would fall to "new style" promises and would produce Unity-only apps this way. I am very pissed of by these shortsigthed developments, that lead to Ubuntu being an almost Unity-only system as of 16.04 now, with myriads of problems in any desktop other then Unity. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565780 Title: Xenial flashback session lacks access to nautilus preferences menu Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As the title says, the nautilus preferences menu can't be accessed in the flashback session. You can't edit a number of settings without going to dconf-editor of playing with gsettings. Just a few examples: #1: Can't change sort folders before files setting #2: Can't change number of clicks needed to open files/folders #3: Can't change icon caption settings #4: Can't change order of information settings for list view #5: Can't change preview settings In a GNOME Shell session the preferences menu is accessed by right clicking the nautilus tab in the window list while nautilus is open. In Unity it's accessed by clicking on Edit in the menu bar. Flashback lacks the ability to do either. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gnome-panel 1:3.18.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-16.32-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback:Unity Date: Mon Apr 4 07:50:27 2016 GsettingsChanges: b'org.gnome.gnome-panel.layout' b'object-id-list' b"['window-list', 'workspace-switcher', 'clock-applet', 'sensors-applet', 'indicator-applet', 'menu-button', 'trash-applet', 'inhibit-applet', 'launcher', 'launcher-0', 'launcher-1', 'cpu-freq-applet']" b'org.gnome.gnome-panel.layout' b'toplevel-id-list' b"['bottom-panel']" b'org.gnome.gnome-panel.run-dialog' b'show-program-list' b'true' b'org.gnome.gnome-panel.run-dialog' b'history' b"['xrandr']" InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-10 (146 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20151109) SourcePackage: gnome-panel UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1565780/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
